An organization is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.

A room or other enclosed space that is highly conducive to the production of echoes, particularly one that has been designed and built for this purpose.

A story, each section of which is written by a different author picking up where the previous one left off.

(idiomatic) Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.

A chain put on a wheel of a vehicle to give it more traction

(US, informal) unemployment benefit

A chamber, often below ground level, used to bury the remains of the dead.

An ornamental chain worn around the waist; seen by some as a symbol of slavery.

Alternative spelling of chain smoker

(intransitive) To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one. / (intransitive) To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.