Word Finder - string

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

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

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

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A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

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An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

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A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

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

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Such a structure considered as a substance.

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Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

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a bowstring

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A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

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a string of sausages

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A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

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The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

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A series of items or events.

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a string of successes

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The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

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In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

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A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

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An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

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A stringed instrument.

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(usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

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(in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.

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no strings attached

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The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

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Cannabis or marijuana.

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Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

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The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

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(by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.

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The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

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A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

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A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

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A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

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An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

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The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.

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the strings of beans

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A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

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A stringcourse.

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A hoax; a fake story.

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To put (items) on a string.

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

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To put strings on (something).

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It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

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

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To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

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To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.