nonchain

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adjective

Not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).

“radical nonchain reaction sequences”

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Meanings

adjectivenonchain (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).

    radical nonchain reaction sequences

nounnonchain (plural nonchains)

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

Origin

From non- + chain.

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APA

nonchain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchain

MLA

“nonchain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonchain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonchain.

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