Synonyms: chain
Definition: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Similar words: ligament
Definition: any connection or unifying bond
Synonyms: chain, strand, string
Definition: a necklace made by a stringing objects together
Usage: a string of beads; a strand of pearls;
Similar words: necklace
Definition: jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
Synonyms: chain
Definition: anything that acts as a restraint
Similar words: restraint, constraint
Definition: a device that retards something's motion
Usage: the car did not have proper restraints fitted
Synonyms: chain
Definition: a linked or connected series of objects
Usage: a chain of daisies
Similar words: necklace
Definition: jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
Synonyms: chain
Definition: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Similar words: concern, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization
Definition: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Usage: he bought his brother's business; a small mom-and-pop business; a racially integrated business concern
Synonyms: chain, concatenation
Definition: a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
Usage: the chain of command; a complicated concatenation of circumstances
Similar words: series
Definition: similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Usage: they were investigating a series of bank robberies
Synonyms: chain, chemical chain
Definition: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Similar words: unit, building block
Definition: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else
Usage: units of nucleic acids
Synonyms: range, range of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, chain, chain of mountains
Definition: a series of hills or mountains
Usage: the valley was between two ranges of hills; the plains lay just beyond the mountain range
Similar words: geological formation, formation
Definition: (geology) the geological features of the earth
Synonyms: Sir Ernst Boris Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Chain
Definition: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
Similar words: biochemist
Definition: someone with special training in biochemistry
Synonyms: chain
Definition: a unit of length
Similar words: linear measure, linear unit
Definition: a unit of measurement of length
Synonyms: chain
Definition: fasten or secure with chains
Usage: Chain the chairs together
Similar words: fix, fasten, secure
Definition: cause to be firmly attached
Usage: fasten the lock onto the door; she fixed her gaze on the man
Synonyms: chain
Definition: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
Similar words: set up, arrange
Definition: put into a proper or systematic order
Usage: arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order