main serve sth
Frequency: 5.02.5 per million words
The principal pipe supplies a particular area or number of buildings.
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Examples (10)
- The water main serves the entire downtown district.
- This gas main serves hundreds of homes in the valley.
- A single large main serves all the buildings on this street.
- The main that serves the hospital must be repaired immediately.
- How many neighborhoods does this water main serve?
- The old iron main served the village for eighty years.
- A new main is being laid to serve the industrial zone.
- This main serves as the primary supply for the northern suburbs.
- The burst main usually serves over a thousand customers.
- We need a larger main to serve the expanding city population.