mainstays in English

noun

1

a stay that extends from the maintop to the foot of the foremast of a sailing ship.

2

a thing on which something else is based or depends.

farming is the mainstay of the rural economy

synonyms: central component, central figure, centerpiece, prop, linchpin, cornerstone, pillar, bulwark, buttress, chief support, backbone, anchor, foundation, base, staple

noun

central component, central figure, centerpiece, prop, linchpin, cornerstone, pillar, bulwark, buttress, chief support, backbone, anchor, foundation, base, staple
lynchpin, keystone, linchpin, backbone, anchor
pillar

Use "mainstays" in a sentence

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6. The other mainstays of the local economy—logging, strip mining, and land-intensive crops such as sugarcane and rubber—have taken a heavy toll on the environment.

7. While quiet dinners and strolls on the beach are mainstays of Corolla’s lifestyle, other more action-oriented recreation options include kayak tours, Jet Ski rentals, deep-sea fishing charters, and go-karting.

8. The medieval cabbage, or Colewort, (see the first image for the etymology of “Colewort”) was one of the mainstays of the medieval diet, at least for those ordinary mortals outside courtly circles, whose more refined cuisine has been preserved in cookbooks???such as the famous Forme of Cury ???of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

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