island chain in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "island chains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "island chain (plural island chains)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Several island chains are named 'Keys' in English"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An archipelago consisting of neighboring islands which are roughly aligned, as if chained one to the next."
      ],
      "id": "en-island_chain-en-noun-UtsqkLzt",
      "links": [
        [
          "archipelago",
          "archipelago"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "aligned",
          "aligned"
        ],
        [
          "chained",
          "chained"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eilandenketen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "word": "eilandenrij"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "word": "saarijono"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chaîne d'îles"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chapelet d'îles"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cepʹ ostrovóv",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цепь острово́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ökedja"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "island chain"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "island chains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "island chain (plural island chains)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Several island chains are named 'Keys' in English"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An archipelago consisting of neighboring islands which are roughly aligned, as if chained one to the next."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archipelago",
          "archipelago"
        ],
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ],
        [
          "aligned",
          "aligned"
        ],
        [
          "chained",
          "chained"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eilandenketen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "word": "eilandenrij"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "word": "saarijono"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaîne d'îles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chapelet d'îles"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cepʹ ostrovóv",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цепь острово́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chain-like archipelago",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ökedja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "island chain"
}

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"island chain" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms