Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mainstem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: main-stem
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The principal watercourse of a river that has multiple streams

Example Sentences

"Piramutaba (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) make up a second large export fishery and are found almost exclusively in the Amazon River mainstem, whitewater tributaries, and the estuary [30 –32 ]."

Etymology

From main + stem.

Inflected Forms

mainstems (plural)

Questions

What does mainstem mean?: The principal watercourse of a river that has multiple streams
Where does mainstem come from?: From main + stem.

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