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chain

nounverb /tʃeɪn/ 1 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 10 WWF 11
Definitions
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 number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

verb

connect or arrange into a chain by linking

verb

fasten or secure with chains

noun

a necklace made by stringing objects together

noun

a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

noun

a series of things depending on each other as if linked together

“the chain of command”

noun

a linked or connected series of objects

“a chain of daisies”

noun

anything that acts as a restraint

noun

a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament

noun

a unit of length

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