Main entry: chain
Definition: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Main entry: chain, strand, string
Definition: a necklace made by a stringing objects together
Usage: a string of beads; a strand of pearls;
Main entry: chain
Definition: anything that acts as a restraint
Main entry: chain
Definition: a linked or connected series of objects
Usage: a chain of daisies
Main entry: chain
Definition: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Main entry: 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
Main entry: chain, chemical chain
Definition: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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)
Main entry: chain
Definition: a unit of length
Main entry: chain
Definition: fasten or secure with chains
Usage: Chain the chairs together
Main entry: chain
Definition: connect or arrange into a chain by linking