all-mains

1. 1.

   used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages

   “an all-mains set”

   Similaradaptable

   United Kingdom

Questions about all-mains

What does all-mains mean?

all-mains means "used of a radio receiver that is adaptable to all voltages".

How many syllables are in all-mains?

all-mains has 2 syllables and divides as all--mains under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is all-mains a common word?

all-mains is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.