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human chains

human chains is the plural of human chain.

Meaning of human chain

Noun

human chain (plural human chains)

  1. A form of demonstration in which people link their arms as a show of political solidarity.
  2. Synonym of bucket brigade (“the long line of people, in a primitive firefighting technique”)
    Synonyms:
    bucket brigade

Questions about human chains

What is human chains the plural of?
Human chains is the plural of human chain.

Words near human chains in the dictionary

  1. human calculators
  2. human cannonball
  3. human cannonballs
  4. human capital
  5. human chain
  6. human chains
  7. human chattel
  8. human cheese
  9. human chorionic gonadotropin
  10. human chorionic somatomammotrophin
  11. human chorionic somatomammotropin

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