1 | noun | a series of things depending on each other as if linked together 2 | noun | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) 3 | noun | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament 4 | noun | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership 5 | noun | anything that acts as a restraint 6 | noun | a unit of length 7 | noun | a series of hills or mountains 8 | noun | a linked or connected series of objects (11 meanings)

ch'eyn (IPA: tʃˈeɪn)

chain (no hyphenation) (5 letters | 1 syllable)

1300 (High Middle ages) (725 years ago)

Old French | Latin

written: 2660th most common (1 in 25641 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% verb)

spoken: 2353rd most common (1 in 47619 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

chains | chained | chaining

concatenation | chemical chain | chain of mountains | mountain chain | mountain range | range | range of mountains | strand | string | concatenate (total: 10)

unchain

catena | daisy chain | closed chain | long chain | long-chain molecule | open chain | ring | anchor chain | anchor rope | bicycle chain | chatelaine | fob | paper chain | pull chain | snow chain | ... (total: 117)

series | building block | unit | ligament | business | business concern | business organisation | business organization | concern | constraint | restraint | linear measure | linear unit | formation | geological formation | ... (total: 21)

abstain | arcane | arraign | ascertain | attain | bane | blain | brain | butane | campaign | cane | champagne | champaign | complain | constrain | ... (total: 77) (based on typical American pronunciation)

chair

china

Alpine golden chain | ball and chain | branched chain | branched chain ketoaciduria | chain armor | chain armour | chain fern | chain gang | chain letter | chain lightning | ... (total: 38)

Chain (US population: 1380 people, white: 79%)

New Grand Chain (Illinois, 150 people) | Chain-O-Lakes (Missouri, 127 people) | Chain of Rocks (Missouri, 97 people) | Chain O' Lakes-King (Wisconsin, 2215 people)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | The Daisy Chain | The Chain | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Chain of Fools | ... (total: 8)

chain.net | chain.org | chain.info | chain.biz

Burger King or The Gap | Item of neckwear | Kind of letter | Mountain range | Part of a power saw | Sprockets linker | Staples, say | The Andes, e.g. | Word with mail or letter (total: 9) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)

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