chains
/t͡ʃeɪnz/
chains is the plural of chain.
chains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chain.
Meaning of chain
Noun
chain (plural chains)
- A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
- He wore a gold chain around the neck.
- An accessory, adornment or insignia comprising, containing or depicting a series of links.
- wallet chain
- A livery collar, a chain of office.
- And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords
And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat,
Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue
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- And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords
- That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
- the chains of habit
- A snow chain.
- He put chains on my tires.
- A bicycle chain.
- My bike needs a chain.
Proper noun capitalized: Chains
Chains
- plural of Chain
Phrases with chains
- chains up
- air chains
- bra chains
- hog chains
- key chains
- ball chains
- beta chains
- bike chains
- cold chains
- cool chains
- curb chains
- door chains
72 more phrasesFewer phrases
- drag chains
- food chains
- gold chains
- hill chains
- kill chains
- pawn chains
- pole chains
- side chains
- snow chains
- swap chains
- tire chains
- tyre chains
- word chains
- belly chains
- block chains
- choke chains
- daisy chains
- decay chains
- green chains
- human chains
- light chains
- paper chains
- power chains
- slave chains
- value chains
- waist chains
- watch chains
- Albert chains
- choker chains
- crotch chains
- golden chains
- hobble chains
- island chains
- Markov chains
- roller chains
- safety chains
- sample chains
- supply chains
- timing chains
- academy chains
- bicycle chains
- brequet chains
- dialect chains
- endless chains
- peptide chains
- protein chains
- Chains of Being
- chains of title
- Gunter's Chains
- mountain chains
- move the chains
- seamount chains
- security chains
- straight chains
- balls and chains
- chains of events
- chains of office
- chains of command
- chains of custody
- chains of thought
- Cunningham chains
- engineer's chains
- signifying chains
- alderman in chains
- aldermen in chains
- chains of evidence
- polypeptide chains
- sympathetic chains
- great chains of being
- alderman hung in chains
- aldermen hung in chains
- discrete-time Markov chains
Words that rhyme with chains
Questions about chains
- What is chains the plural of?
- Chains is the plural of chain.
- What part of speech is chains?
- Chains is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce chains?
- Chains is pronounced /t͡ʃeɪnz/.
Words near chains in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chains (page history and authors); Chains (page history and authors); chain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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