Associations to the word «Mainstay»
Noun
- Beef
- Herring
- Timber
- Sugar
- Drummer
- Sheep
- Inception
- Batsman
- Superhero
- Vegetable
- Vocalist
- Saloon
- Programming
- Sitcom
- Pneumonia
- Listener
- Fertilizer
- Rap
- Fighter
- Abs
- Commodity
- Sector
- Weekly
- Menu
- Freight
- Scene
- Demise
- Shipyard
- Sac
- Mtv
- Outlook
- Vegas
- Hop
- Extraction
- Pub
- Accounting
- Brennan
- Niger
- Band
- Hiv
- Drug
- Vaccine
- Galley
- Mineral
- Rehabilitation
- Tobacco
- Classic
- Ole
- Inning
- Grain
- Nato
- Scoring
- Production
- Output
- Product
- Curriculum
- Meat
- Guru
- Radar
- Promoter
- Team
Adjective
Wiktionary
MAINSTAY, noun. A chief support.
MAINSTAY, noun. (nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.
Dictionary definition
MAINSTAY, noun. A prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community".
MAINSTAY, noun. A central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm".
MAINSTAY, noun. The forestay that braces the mainmast.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.