chain

Meaning of chain

noun
  1. A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
    He wore a gold chain around the neck.
  2. A series of interconnected things.
    This led to an unfortunate chain of events.
  3. A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
    That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.
  4. A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
    When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen.
  5. A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
  6. A long measuring tape.
  7. A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres, 4 rods, or 100 links.
  8. A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
  9. A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
  10. That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
    the chains of habit
  11. (in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
  12. The warp threads of a web.
verb
  1. To fasten something with a chain.
  2. To link multiple items together.
  3. To secure someone with fetters.
  4. To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
  5. To obligate.
  6. To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
  7. To be chained to another data item.
  8. To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
  9. (associated with Acorn Computers) To load and automatically run (a program).

Information about chain

  • The plural form of chain is: chains.
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Hyphenation of chain

chain

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • chain is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

chain synonyms

Meaning concatenation:

concatenation

Meaning Chain:

Chain

Meaning range:

range

Meaning string:

string, strand

Meaning :

rackle

Translation of chain

Anagrams of chain

Chian, chian, China, china, Icahn

Words that rhyme with chain

hain, Chain, backchain, disenchain, enchain, heterochain, homochain, iChain, inchain, interchain, multichain, openchain, prochain, rechain, subchain, unchain, ghain, Samhain, Heidenhain, hippophain, winterhain, Alshain, Thain, abthain

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