string
/stɹɪŋ/noun
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A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.
(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
noun
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A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
Such a structure considered as a substance.
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
Example: a bowstring
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.
Example: a string of sausages
verb
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To put (items) on a string.
Example: You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
To put strings on (something).
Example: It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.