chain
English Thesaurus
1. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | ligament, |
| definition | : | any connection or unifying bond (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | anchor chain, anchor rope, |
| definition | : | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bicycle chain, |
| definition | : | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chatelaine, |
| definition | : | a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc. (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fob, watch chain, watch guard, |
| definition | : | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | paper chain, |
| definition | : | a chain made of loops of colored paper; used to decorate a room (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pull chain, |
| definition | : | a chain (usually with a handle at the end) that is pulled in order to operate some mechanism (e.g. to flush a toilet) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | snow chain, tire chain, |
| definition | : | chain attached to wheels to increase traction on ice or snow (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel, |
| definition | : | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | chain printer, |
| definition | : | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | chain tongs, |
| definition | : | a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes; an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe (noun.artifact) |
2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | necklace, |
| definition | : | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) (noun.artifact) |
3. anything that acts as a restraint (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | constraint, restraint, |
| definition | : | a device that retards something's motion (noun.artifact) |
4. a linked or connected series of objects (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | necklace, |
| definition | : | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) (noun.artifact) |
5. (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | apparel chain, |
| definition | : | a chain of clothing stores (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | discount chain, |
| definition | : | a chain of discount stores (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | retail chain, |
| definition | : | a chain of retail stores (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | chain store, |
| definition | : | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise (noun.artifact) |
6. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | series, |
| definition | : | similar things placed in order or happening one after another (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | catena, |
| definition | : | a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | daisy chain, |
| definition | : | (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences (noun.group) |
7. (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) (noun.object)
| hypernym | : | building block, unit, |
| definition | : | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | closed chain, ring, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | open chain, |
| definition | : | a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | molecule, |
| definition | : | (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound (noun.substance) |
| domain category | : | chemical science, chemistry, |
| definition | : | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition) |
8. a series of hills or mountains (noun.object)
| instance hyponym | : | admiralty range, |
| definition | : | mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | alaska range, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in south central Alaska; contains Mount McKinley (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | alleghenies, allegheny mountains, |
| definition | : | the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | alps, the alps, |
| definition | : | a large mountain system in south-central Europe; scenic beauty and winter sports make them a popular tourist attraction (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | altai mountains, altay mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that extends a thousand miles from Kazakhstan eastward into western Mongolia and northern China (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | andes, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | apennines, |
| definition | : | a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | appalachian mountains, appalachians, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | atlas mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | australian alps, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains in Australia that forms the southern end of the Great Dividing Range (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | berkshire hills, berkshires, |
| definition | : | a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | black hills, |
| definition | : | mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | blue ridge, blue ridge mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cantabrian mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains in northern Spain along the coast of the Bay of Biscay (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | carpathian mountains, carpathians, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in central Europe that extends from Slovakia and southern Poland southeastward through western Ukraine to northeastern Romania; a popular resort area (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | cascade mountains, cascade range, cascades, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | catskill mountains, catskills, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | caucasus, caucasus mountains, |
| definition | : | the mountain range in Caucasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea that forms part of the traditional border between Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | coast mountains, coast range, |
| definition | : | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | dolomite alps, |
| definition | : | an eastern range of the Alps in northeastern Italy famous for their dolomitic limestone (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | great smoky mountains, |
| definition | : | part of the Appalachians between North Carolina and Tennessee (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | green mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | guadalupe mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas, |
| definition | : | a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | mesabi range, |
| definition | : | a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887 (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | mount carmel, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in northwestern Israel near the Mediterranean coast (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | nan ling, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | ozark mountains, ozark plateau, ozarks, |
| definition | : | an area of low mountains in northwestern Arkansas and southeastern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | pamir mountains, the pamirs, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | pyrenees, |
| definition | : | a chain of mountains between France and Spain (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | rhodope mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | rockies, rocky mountains, |
| definition | : | the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sacramento mountains, |
| definition | : | mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | san juan mountains, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sayan mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | selkirk mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sierra, |
| definition | : | a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline) (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sierra madre occidental, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sierra madre oriental, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | sierra nevada, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | taconic mountains, |
| definition | : | a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | teton range, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | tien shan, tyan shan, |
| definition | : | a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | transylvanian alps, |
| definition | : | a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | tyrolean alps, |
| definition | : | a popular tourist area in the Tyrol (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | ural mountains, urals, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | massif, |
| definition | : | a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | mountain pass, notch, pass, |
| definition | : | the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks (noun.object) |
9. British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | biochemist, |
| definition | : | someone with special training in biochemistry (noun.person) |
10. a unit of length (noun.quantity)
| hyponym | : | gunter's chain, |
| definition | : | a unit of length (22 yards) (noun.quantity) |
| hyponym | : | nautical chain, |
| definition | : | a nautical unit of length (15 ft) (noun.quantity) |
| part holonym | : | pace, yard, |
| definition | : | a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride (noun.quantity) |
| part holonym | : | link, |
| definition | : | a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain (noun.quantity) |
11. fasten or secure with chains (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | fasten, fix, secure, |
| definition | : | cause to be firmly attached (verb.contact) |
12. connect or arrange into a chain by linking (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | arrange, set up, |
| definition | : | put into a proper or systematic order (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | concatenate, |
| definition | : | combine two strings to form a single one (verb.contact) |
13. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | chain, |
| definition | : | fasten or secure with chains (verb.contact) |
14. a necklace made by a stringing objects together (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | draw, string, thread, |
| definition | : | thread on or as if on a string (verb.contact) |
15. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together (noun.group)
16. fasten or secure with chains (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | unchain, |
| definition | : | remove the chains from (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | chain, |
| definition | : | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (noun.artifact) |
17. a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | chain, |
| definition | : | fasten or secure with chains (verb.contact) |
18. a necklace made by a stringing objects together (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | draw, string, thread, |
| definition | : | thread on or as if on a string (verb.contact) |
19. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together (noun.group)
20. fasten or secure with chains (verb.contact)
| antonym | : | unchain, |
| definition | : | remove the chains from (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | chain, |
| definition | : | a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament (noun.artifact) |
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