mainstay
/ˈmeɪn.steɪ/ noun C1- A chief support. · Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
- Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
- A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.
Plural mainstays
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