Chain (Noun)
Meaning 1
A necklace made by stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 2
A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 3
A series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 4
A linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 5
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 6
Anything that acts as a restraint.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 7
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule).
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Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
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Meaning 8
A unit of length.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 9
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979).
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 10
A series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).