chain
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
the chain of command
Types & categories
- series hypernym
- catena hyponym
- daisy chain hyponym
Related & opposite
- catenate derivation
Sense 2 verb
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
Types & categories
- arrange hypernym
- concatenate hyponym
Sense 3 noun
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Types & categories
- building block hypernym
- closed chain hyponym
- long chain hyponym
- open chain hyponym
Parts & wholes
- molecule part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
fasten or secure with chains
Chain the chairs together
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Types & categories
- ligament hypernym
- anchor chain hyponym
- bicycle chain hyponym
- chatelaine hyponym
- watch chain hyponym
- paper chain hyponym
- pull chain hyponym
- tire chain hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bicycle part holonym
- chain printer part holonym
- chain tongs part holonym
Related & opposite
- chain derivation
Sense 6 noun
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Types & categories
- business hypernym
- apparel chain hyponym
- discount chain hyponym
- restaurant chain hyponym
- retail chain hyponym
Parts & wholes
- chain store member meronym
Related & opposite
- business enterprise domain topic
Sense 7 noun
anything that acts as a restraint
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
Sense 8 noun
a unit of length
Types & categories
- linear unit hypernym
- Gunter's chain hyponym
- engineer's chain hyponym
- nautical chain hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 9 noun
a series of hills or mountains
the valley was between two ranges of hills
Types & categories
- geological formation hypernym
- Adirondacks instance hyponym
- Admiralty Range instance hyponym
- Alaska Range instance hyponym
- Alleghenies instance hyponym
- Alps instance hyponym
- Altai Mountains instance hyponym
- Andes instance hyponym
- Apennines instance hyponym
- Appalachians instance hyponym
- Atlas Mountains instance hyponym
- Australian Alps instance hyponym
- Balkans instance hyponym
- Berkshires instance hyponym
- Black Hills instance hyponym
- Blue Ridge Mountains instance hyponym
- Cantabrian Mountains instance hyponym
- Carpathians instance hyponym
- Cascades instance hyponym
- Catskills instance hyponym
- Caucasus instance hyponym
- Coast Range instance hyponym
- Cumberland Mountains instance hyponym
- Dolomite Alps instance hyponym
- Great Dividing Range instance hyponym
- Great Smoky Mountains instance hyponym
- Green Mountains instance hyponym
- Guadalupe Mountains instance hyponym
- Himalayas instance hyponym
- Hindu Kush instance hyponym
- Karakoram instance hyponym
- Kunlun instance hyponym
- Mesabi Range instance hyponym
- Mount Carmel instance hyponym
- Nan Ling instance hyponym
- Ozarks instance hyponym
- Pamir Mountains instance hyponym
- Pyrenees instance hyponym
- Rhodope Mountains instance hyponym
- Rockies instance hyponym
- Sacramento Mountains instance hyponym
- San Juan Mountains instance hyponym
- Sayan Mountains instance hyponym
- Selkirk Mountains instance hyponym
- sierra instance hyponym
- Sierra Madre Occidental instance hyponym
- Sierra Madre Oriental instance hyponym
- Sierra Nevada Mountains instance hyponym
- Sierra Nevada instance hyponym
- St. Elias Range instance hyponym
- Taconic Mountains instance hyponym
- Teton Range instance hyponym
- Tien Shan instance hyponym
- Transylvanian Alps instance hyponym
- Tyrolean Alps instance hyponym
- Urals instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- massif part meronym
- mountain pass part meronym
Sense 10 noun
a linked or connected series of objects
a chain of daisies
Types & categories
- necklace hypernym
Sense 11 noun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
Types & categories
- necklace hypernym
Related & opposite
- string derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | catenate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | series |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | catena |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | daisy chain |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | concatenate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catenate |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | molecule |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | building block |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | closed chain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | long chain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | open chain |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unchain |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chain |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | chain |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bicycle |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chain printer |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chain tongs |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ligament |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | anchor chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bicycle chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | chatelaine |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | watch chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull chain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tire chain |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 6 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | chain store |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | business |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | apparel chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discount chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | restaurant chain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | retail chain |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | yard |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | link |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | linear unit |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | Gunter's chain |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | engineer's chain |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | nautical chain |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | massif |
| 9 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mountain pass |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | geological formation |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Adirondacks |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Admiralty Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alaska Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alleghenies |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Altai Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Andes |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Apennines |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Appalachians |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Atlas Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Australian Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Balkans |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Berkshires |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Black Hills |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Blue Ridge Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cantabrian Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Carpathians |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cascades |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Catskills |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Caucasus |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Coast Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Cumberland Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Dolomite Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Dividing Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Great Smoky Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Green Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Guadalupe Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Himalayas |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Hindu Kush |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Karakoram |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Kunlun |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mesabi Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Mount Carmel |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Nan Ling |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Ozarks |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pamir Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pyrenees |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rhodope Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Rockies |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sacramento Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | San Juan Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sayan Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Selkirk Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | sierra |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Madre Occidental |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Madre Oriental |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Nevada Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Sierra Nevada |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | St. Elias Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Taconic Mountains |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Teton Range |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tien Shan |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Transylvanian Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Tyrolean Alps |
| 9 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Urals |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | necklace |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | string |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | necklace |