chain
/ˈt͡ʃeɪn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.65 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He wore a gold chain around the neck."
- "The anchor is connected to the boat with a 100-metre long chain."
- "wallet chain"
- "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 For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home."
- "the chains of habit"
- "Driven down / To chains of darkness and the undying worm."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Old French chaeinebor. Middle English cheyne English chain From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaeine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena. Displaced native Middle English rakil and rakent (from Old English racente (“chain”)); see rackan.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb