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nonchain

nonchain adjective: not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).

Adjective

nonchain (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).
    • radical nonchain reaction sequences

Noun

nonchain (plural nonchains)

  1. A retail outlet that is not a chain.
    • Several nonchain hamburger restaurants have also opened around the state in recent months, among them Boom, a Belmar restaurant that buys its meat from Pat La Frieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors in Manhattan and offers its signature Boom burger, about a half pound, for $9.50.2009 June 14, Bill Finley, “The Hamburger, Rarefied”, in New York Times

Forms of nonchain

pluralnonchains

Origin of nonchain

From non- + chain.

Questions about nonchain

What does nonchain mean?
Nonchain means not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).
What part of speech is nonchain?
Nonchain can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonchain in the dictionary

  1. nonces
  2. noncesium
  3. noncetacean
  4. noncey
  5. nonchafing
  6. nonchain
  7. nonchains
  8. nonchalance
  9. nonchalances
  10. nonchalant
  11. nonchalantism

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