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chain
noun (RINGS) /tʃeɪn/Definition
A2 [C or U] (a length of) rings usually made of metal that are connected together and used for fastening, pulling, supporting, or limiting freedom, or as jewellery: The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain. Put the chain on the door if you are alone in the house. Mary was wearing a beautiful silver chain around her neck.Cords, ropes, cables and string in chains › tied with chains: The hostages were kept in chains for 23 hours a day.Fastening and tying › [plural] a fact or situation that limits a person's freedom: At last the country has freed itself from the chains of the authoritarian regime.Limiting and restrictingPreventing and impeding
(Definition of chain noun (RINGS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anchorage noun
- attach verb (CONNECT)
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up phrasal verb
- bound verb (TIE)
- bow noun (KNOT)
- bundle sth up phrasal verb
- chain verb
- hitch verb (FASTEN)
- knot noun (FASTENING)
- lash verb (TIE)
- nail verb (FASTEN)
- peg verb (FIX)
- rivet verb
- rope verb
- screw verb (METAL OBJECT)
- screw verb (TURN)
- slipknot noun
- tie noun (FASTENING)
- tie verb (FASTEN)
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