chain
- noun
- /tʃeɪn/
- The dog was secured with a strong chain to prevent it from running away.
- attached by a chain
- chain-link fence
- chain-link
It's not the longest chain, it's the heaviest work chain.
- It's not the longest chain, it's the heaviest work chain.
- It was dead bolted and the chain was across like windows.
- It's this is a chain or a lanyard.
- You wouldn't need whips or chains or truncheons.
- Until next time, Aria, will you recalibrate the chain whip turrets please?
Examples
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The second truck, attached by the metal chain, follows the first truck.
Fiction book (1990) -
There's drawn wire in evidence here on the chain used to hold the dog.
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Terminator hooks the chain onto the tow hook on the back of the tractor.
Fiction book (1991) -
Wilkens has the backhoe up on the lowboy and is running a chain through the front axle.
Fiction book (1990) -
Standing ankle-deep in muck, Coe switched a chain from the tow truck to the bulldozer's hitch.
Fiction book (1990) -
She used a metal chain to pull the heavy cart up the hill.
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The bike was locked with a thick chain to keep it safe from thieves.
Idioms
Compounds
A system in an organization where instructions move from people at the top to people below
- Specialized
A process in which one nuclear event makes more nuclear events happen, keeping the reaction going
A store that is part of a group owned by the same company and sells the same goods
- Specialized
A series of chemical or nuclear reactions in which one reaction makes the next start
A heavy chain or strong rope that connects a boat to the metal piece that holds it in place
- Texting
An email that asks you to forward it to many people, often with threats or promises
- Specialized
A genetic illness that makes urine smell like maple syrup and can damage the brain in young children
- Archaic
A fast, noisy machine that hits metal letters against paper to make many pages of text
- Specialized
A machine that makes nuclear energy by splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction
- Specialized
A line of loops made with thread used in embroidery or crochet to make a chain pattern on fabric
- Specialized
A hand tool with a chain loop that grips and turns pipes or other round things
- US
A protective shirt made of small metal rings linked together, worn by knights and soldiers
- Specialized
A fern with long leaves that have chainlike rows of small spore cases underneath
- Specialized
A long series of atoms joined together that forms part of a molecule like in plastic
- Specialized
A very large group of atoms joined together in a long chain like in proteins or plastics
A range of hills in northern England that separates rivers flowing to different coasts
- Archaic
A line of towers with moving shutters that send messages people can see over long distances
- Specialized
A North American plant with chain-like leaves that grows in wetlands and wet woods
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chain comes from the Latin word catena, which means 'chain', and it originally named a line of metal rings joined together — the same idea as the metal chain used to fasten or pull things.