MAINSPRINGS

11 letters 16 Scrabble points

Definition of MAINSPRINGS

noun

  1. The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.

  2. The most important reason for something (Cf. spring "origin of something" (literary) (often in the plural) the springs of her ambition).

    "My daughter is the mainspring of my life."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters M A I N S P R I N G S
Length 11 letters
Scrabble Score 16 points