English noun: chain |
| 1. | chain (group) a series of things depending on each other as if linked together |
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| Samples | The chain of command.
A complicated concatenation of circumstances.
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| Synonyms | concatenation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | series |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | catena, daisy chain |
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| 2. | chain (object) (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
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| Synonyms | chemical chain |
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| Broader (hypernym) | building block, unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | closed chain, long chain, long-chain molecule, open chain, ring |
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| Part meronym | molecule |
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| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry |
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| 3. | chain (artifact) a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ligament |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anchor chain, anchor rope, bicycle chain, chatelaine, fob, paper chain, pull chain, snow chain, tire chain, watch chain, watch guard |
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| Part meronym | bicycle, bike, chain printer, chain tongs, cycle, wheel |
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| 4. | chain (group) (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
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| Broader (hypernym) | business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | apparel chain, discount chain, restaurant chain, retail chain |
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| Member holonym | chain store |
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| Domain category | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
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| 5. | chain (artifact) anything that acts as a restraint |
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| Broader (hypernym) | constraint, restraint |
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| 6. | chain (quantity) a unit of length |
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| Broader (hypernym) | linear measure, linear unit |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | engineer's chain, Gunter's chain, nautical chain |
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| Part holonym | link, pace, yard |
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| 7. | Chain (person) 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 |
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| Instance hypernym | biochemist |
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| 8. | chain (object) a series of hills or mountains |
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| Samples | The valley was between two ranges of hills.
The plains lay just beyond the mountain range.
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| Synonyms | chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range, range of mountains |
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| Broader (hypernym) | formation, geological formation |
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| Instance hyponym | Adirondack Mountains, Adirondacks, Admiralty Range, Alaska Range, Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains, Alps, Altai Mountains, Altay Mountains, Andes, Apennines, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians, Atlas Mountains, Australian Alps, Balkan Mountain Range, Balkan Mountains, Balkans, Berkshire Hills, Berkshires, Black Hills, Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cantabrian Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades, Catskill Mountains, Catskills, Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains, Coast Mountains, Coast Range, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, Dolomite Alps, Eastern Highlands, Great Dividing Range, Great Smoky Mountains, Green Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, High Sierra, Himalaya, Himalaya Mountains, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Hindu Kush Mountains, Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains, Kunlan Shan, Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains, Mesabi Range, Mount Carmel, Mustagh, Mustagh Range, Nan Ling, Ozark Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Ozarks, Pamir Mountains, Pyrenees, Rhodope Mountains, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, Sacramento Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Sayan Mountains, Selkirk Mountains, sierra, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, St. Elias Mountains, St. Elias Range, Taconic Mountains, Teton Range, the Alps, the Pamirs, Tien Shan, Transylvanian Alps, Tyan Shan, Tyrolean Alps, Ural Mountains, Urals |
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| Part holonym | massif, mountain pass, notch, pass |
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| 9. | chain (artifact) a linked or connected series of objects |
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| Samples | A chain of daisies.
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| Broader (hypernym) | necklace |
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| 10. | chain (artifact) a necklace made by a stringing objects together |
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| Samples | A string of beads.
A strand of pearls.
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| Synonyms | strand, string |
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| Broader (hypernym) | necklace |
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