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Definitions of chain:

noun: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
noun: a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
noun: anything that acts as a restraint
noun: a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
noun: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
Example: "The chain of command"
noun: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
noun: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
noun: a unit of length
noun: metal shackles; for hands or legs
noun: a series of hills or mountains
verb: fasten or secure with chains
Example: "Chain the chairs together"
verb: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #22383)

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to chain: (252 results)
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, chains, chemical chain, concatenation, iron, irons, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains, strand, string

Contains:
foot, ft, link, massif, mountain pass, notch, pace, pass, yard

Part of:
bicycle, bike, chain printer, chain tongs, chain wrench, molecule, wheel

More general:
bond, building block, business, business concern, business organization, concern, constraint, fasten, fix, formation, geological formation, geology, hamper, ligament, linear unit, necklace, restraint, secure, series, shackle, trammel, trammels, unit

More specific:
adirondack mountains, adirondacks, alaska range, alleghenies, allegheny mountains, alps, anchor chain, andes, apennines, appalachian mountains, appalachians, apparel chain, balkan mountain range, balkan mountains, balkans, berkshire hills, berkshires, black hills, blue ridge mountains, cascade range, cascades, catskill mountains, catskills, caucasus, caucasus mountains, chatelaine, closed chain, coast mountains, coast range, cumberland mountains, cumberland plateau, discount chain, engineer's chain, fob, great smoky mountains, gunter's chain, himalaya mountains, himalayas, hindu kush, hindu kush mountains, karakoram, karakoram range, karakorum range, kuenlun, kuenlun mountains, kunlun, kunlun mountains, mustagh, mustagh range, nautical chain, open chain, ozark mountains, ozarks, pull chain, pyrenees, restaurant chain, retail chain, ring, rockies, rocky mountains, sierra, sierra nevada, sierra nevada mountains, snow chains, st. elias mountains, st. elias range, teton range, the alps, the himalaya, tien shan, tire chains, tyan shan, ural mountains, urals, watch chain, watch guard

Often used in the same context:
leash, reaction

Appears in the definition of:
., acceptor rna, acyclic, amphibole group, apple of discord, austral islands, ball and chain, belau, benzene formula, benzene nucleus, benzene ring, bicycle chain, bicycle clip, bottom feeder, branched chain, brigandine, byrnie, catena, censer, cesar ritz, chainsaw, chain saw, chain stitch, chain store, chain up, cistron, clog, concatenate, critical, critical mass, curb, curb bit, daisy chain, department store, dog tag, domino effect, emporium, endless, factor, fatty acid, first baron marks of broughton, flory, flower chain, frank winfield woolworth, frisch, frisian islands, gene, genus woodwardia, greater sunda islands, gusset, habergeon, hauberk, immediate, isaac merrit singer, isaac m. singer, item, kekule formula, ladrone islands, lash, lavalier, lavaliere, lavalliere, lazy daisy stitch, lead, lesser sunda islands, mainsheet, mariana islands, marianas, marks, monounsaturated fatty acid, nonbiodegradable pollution, nusa tenggara, omega-3, omega-3 fatty acid, omega-6, omega-6 fatty acid, open-chain, otto frisch, otto robert frisch, owner, padlock, palau, palau islands, paper chain, paternoster, paul john flory, pelew, polyunsaturated, polyunsaturated fatty acid, proximate, pyramiding, ritz, ryukyu islands, saturated fatty acid, sheet, shroud, simon marks, singer, soluble rna, sprocket, sprocket wheel, story, straight chain, sunda islands, supercritical, swivel, tack, tether, tethered, thurible, toggle, transfer rna, trna, trophic, trouser clip, tubuai islands, unsaturated fatty acid, uranium 235, voider, weather sheet, woodwardia, woolworth

Antonyms:
unchain

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