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chain

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"Metal links"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃeɪn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted achinStarts with CEnds with N4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. fasten or secure with chains

Word origin

From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, 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.

Used in a sentence

  • “He wore a gold chain around the neck.”
  • “The anchor is connected to the boat with a 100-metre long chain.”
  • “a chain of mountains”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01“Metal links”5 letters
02“Series of links”5 letters
03“Series of metal links”5 letters
04“Linked series”5 letters

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