Nonchain

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses). not-comparable

    "radical nonchain reaction sequences"

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"radical nonchain reaction sequences"

Etymology

From non- + chain.

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