Mainline

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Mainline

Adjective

Normal, principal or standard.
Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
Of or pertaining to a surface railway as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").

Verb

To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
To consume voraciously.
To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.

Noun

An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
The principal route or line of a railway.
In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

Anagrams of Mainline

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "mainline":

7-LETTER WORDS

aniline laminin lineman melanin

6-LETTER WORDS

anilin limina maline menial

5-LETTER WORDS

alien aline amine anile anime animi elain email imine inane leman liane liman limen linen+4 more

4-LETTER WORDS

alme amen amie amin anil elan ilea ilia inia lain lame lane lean lien lima+8 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "mainline" and rearranging:

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Rhyming Words

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