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Definitions of chain
n. - A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. ²
n. - That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. ²
n. - A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. ²
n. - An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. ²
n. - Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. ²
n. - The warp threads of a web. ²
v. t. - To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog. ²
v. t. - To keep in slavery; to enslave. ²
v. t. - To unite closely and strongly. ²
v. t. - To measure with the chain. ²
v. t. - To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor. ²

The word "chain" uses 5 letters: A C H I N.

Direct anagrams of chain:
  china

Words formed by adding one letter before or after chain (in bold), or to achin in any order:
e -   chaine   g -   aching   p -   painch   r -   inarch   s -   chains   chinas   t -   canthi  

Shorter words found within chain:
ah   ai   ain   an   ani   cain   can   chi   chia   chin   ha   hi   hic   hin   ich   in   inch   na   nah  

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