String

/stɹɪŋ/

noun

  1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

    There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

  2. (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

  3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Synonyms: heya, string

noun

  1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

  2. Such a structure considered as a substance.

  3. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

    a bowstring

Synonyms: conditions, provisos, cord, line, rope, sequence, series, string section

verb

  1. To put (items) on a string.

    You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

  2. To put strings on (something).

    It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

  3. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

Synonyms: lace, thread

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