chain

/tʃein/

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Explanation of the Word "Chain"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

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Noun

1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
   • a string of beads
   • a strand of pearls
2. a linked or connected series of objects
   • a chain of daisies
3. a series of hills or mountains
   • the valley was between two ranges of hills
   • the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
4. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
5. a unit of length
6. anything that acts as a restraint
7. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
8. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
9. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
10. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
    • the chain of command
    • a complicated concatenation of circumstances

Verb

1. fasten or secure with chains
   • Chain the chairs together
2. connect or arrange into a chain by linking

Synonyms

• string
• strand
• range
• mountain range
• range of mountains
• mountain chain
• chain of mountains
• Chain
• Ernst Boris Chain
• Sir Ernst Boris Chain
• chemical chain
• concatenation