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noun line of rings joined together ADJ. long She wore a long gold chain round her neck. | rusty | bicycle | daisy, paper QUANT. length CHAIN + VERB clank CHAIN + NOUN mail (= armour made of chains) PREP. in ~s The prisoner was led away in chains. | off sb's/the ~ Let the dog off its chain. | on a/the ~ They kept the dog on a chain all day long. PHRASES a chain of office The mayor was wearing his chain of office. | a chain on the door Put the chain on the door before you go to bed. | a link in the chain number of things in a line ADJ. island, mountain | human VERB + CHAIN form The people formed a human chain to pass the supplies up the beach. PREP. ~ of a chain of volcanic islands PHRASES a chain of command (= a system by which instructions are passed from one person to another) group of shops, etc. owned by the same company ADJ. big, large | small | hotel, supermarket, etc. CHAIN + NOUN store PREP. ~ of a chain of clothes shops PHRASES part of a chain This hotel is part of a large chain. number of connected events/situations ADJ. complex the complex chain of events that led to the war | unbroken There has been an unbroken chain of great violinists in the family. | causal | food efforts to ensure that dioxins do not enter the food chain CHAIN + NOUN reaction PHRASES a chain of events
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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chain
types of chain
a big/major/large chain
• It is one of Europe’s biggest clothing chains.
a hotel chain
• Hilton is an international hotel chain.
a supermarket chain
• Many people buy all their food at one of the major supermarket chains.
a retail chain
(= one whose business is buying and selling goods )
• Large retail chains usually want to expand and build more stores.
a department store/video store/food store etc chain
• Morgan was the owner of a computer store chain.
a restaurant chain
• the Pizza Hut restaurant chain
a grocery chain
• These are two of Florida’s largest grocery chains.
a fast-food chain
• the fast-food chain, Burger King
a national/nationwide chain
• He was head of a national chain of grocery stores.
phrases
be part of a chain
• The hotel is part of the MacDonald chain.
chain 2
types of chain
a mountain chain
• The town of Besançon lies at the end of the Jura mountain chain.
an island chain
• the island chain from Asia to Australasia
a human chain
(= a large number of people who form a line, a circle etc to do something )
• Riot police formed human chains to block demonstrators.
a chain of atoms/molecules etc
technical:
• Most fabrics are made of long chains of molecules.
verbs
form a chain
• They formed a human chain passing buckets of water to the fire.
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In addition to the idioms beginning with CHAIN, Also see BALL AND CHAIN; PULL SOMEONE'S CHAIN.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
necklace:
He wore a gold chain around her neck.
noun
secession:
A strange chain of events followed.
verb
fastened:
They were chained together.
Simple Definitions