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watchchain

watchchain noun: a securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.

Noun

watchchain (plural watchchains)

  1. A securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.
    • So over she went and when he saw her coming she could see him take his hand out of his pocket, getting nervous, and beginning to play with his watchchain, looking up at the church.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Forms of watchchain

pluralwatchchains
alternative formwatch chain

Origin of watchchain

From watch + chain.

Questions about watchchain

What does watchchain mean?
Watchchain means a securing chain affixed to a watch (a timepiece) to prevent its loss by the owner.
What part of speech is watchchain?
Watchchain is a noun.
What is the plural of watchchain?
The plural of watchchain is watchchains.

Words near watchchain in the dictionary

  1. watchcaps
  2. watchcase
  3. watchcases
  4. watchcat
  5. watchcats
  6. watchchain
  7. watchchains
  8. watchclock
  9. watchclocks
  10. watchcoat
  11. watchcoats

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