(government) The upper legislative chamber in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower chamber.

Alternative form of Gunter's chain

A sixty-six-foot-long (i.e. four-rod-long) surveyor's chain divided into one hundred links.

Alternative spelling of keychain

plural of chain store

A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.

A line made on a surface by snapping a taut string or cord dusted with colored chalk. / The tool used to make a chalk line.

An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet)

present participle of chain-smoke

plural of chamber orchestra