string
- Noun. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- Noun. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
- Noun. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
- Noun. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- Noun. (countable) A series of items or events.
- Noun. (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- Noun. (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
- Noun. (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- Noun. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively. (cf. no strings attached).
- Noun. (countable) (physics) the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- Noun. A slang term for cannabis or marijuana.
- Noun. A minigame 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.
- Verb. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- Verb. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
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