Chain Letter (Noun)
Meaning
A letter that is sent successively to several people.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She received a chain letter in her email that promised good fortune if she forwarded it to ten people.
- The office workers were amused by the chain letter that circulated around the department, each one adding their own joke before passing it on.
- The company's email system was flooded with a chain letter that threatened to bring bad luck to anyone who broke the chain.
- The child sent a chain letter to her classmates, asking them to add their name to the list and mail it back to her.
- Her grandmother warned her about the dangers of sending money to strangers who initiate chain letters.