Collocations for main - noun
1.
ADJECTIVE
gas,
water
broken (AmE), burst (BrE)
water damage from broken mains
There's a burst water main in Quarry Road.
broken (AmE), burst (BrE)
water damage from broken mains
There's a burst water main in Quarry Road.
rising
(BrE)
cast-iron (esp. BrE)
cast-iron (esp. BrE)
2. (mains) (BrE)
PREPOSITION
at the mains
Turn the water off at the mains.
Turn the water off at the mains.
on the mains
Some of the remoter houses in the town are not on the mains.
Some of the remoter houses in the town are not on the mains.