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| Shopping | The largest selection of CHAIN products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | chain, concatenation | A series of things depending on each other as if linked together |
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| 2 | chain, chemical chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) | |
| 3 | chain | A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | |
| 4 | chain | A number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership | |
| 5 | chain | Anything that acts as a restraint | |
| 6 | chain | A unit of length | |
| 7 | Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain | British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) | |
| 8 | chain, range, mountain range, range of mountains, mountain chain, chain of mountains | A series of hills or mountains | |
| 9 | chain, string, strand | A necklace made by a stringing objects together | |
| VERB | 1 | chain | Connect or arrange into a chain by linking |
| 2 | chain | Fasten or secure with chains |
| Sounds | chey'n |
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| Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn... |
| Meaning | A series of things depending on each other as if linked together. |
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| Examples | "the chain of command" |
| Synonyms | concatenation |
| Broader | series |
| Narrower | catena; daisy chain |
| Verbs | catenate, catenulate |
| Meaning | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule). |
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| Synonyms | chemical chain |
| Part of | molecule |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science |
| Broader | unit, building block |
| Narrower | closed chain, ring; long chain, long-chain molecule; open chain |
| Verbs | catenate, catenulate |
| Meaning | A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament. |
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| Part of | bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle; chain printer; chain tongs |
| Broader | ligament |
| Narrower | anchor chain; bicycle chain; chatelaine; fob, watch chain, watch guard; paper chain; pull chain; tire chain, snow chain |
| Verbs | chain |
| Meaning | A number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership. |
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| Members | chain store |
| Category | dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
| Broader | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation |
| Narrower | apparel chain; discount chain; restaurant chain; retail chain |
| Meaning | Anything that acts as a restraint. |
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| Broader | restraint, constraint |
| Meaning | A unit of length. |
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| Parts | yard, pace; link |
| Broader | linear unit |
| Narrower | Gunter's chain; engineer's chain; nautical chain |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain |
| Instance of | biochemist |
| Meaning | A necklace made by a stringing objects together. |
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| Synonyms | string, strand |
| Broader | necklace |
| Meaning | Connect or arrange into a chain by linking. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | arrange, set up |
| Narrower | concatenate |
| Meaning | Fasten or secure with chains. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "Chain the chairs together" |
| Contrary | unchain |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure |
| Nouns | chain |
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