OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3413

string

/stɹɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bramante • cordel • cuerda • mecate ("cordel"' or "cuerda") • piola • piolín • pita (a "cordel") • tralla
A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.
cuerda
Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
a bowstring
a violin string
retahíla • ringlera • ristra • sarta
A series of items or events.
In 1933, disgusted and discouraged after a string of commercial failures, Clara quit the film business forever. She was twenty-six.
a string of successes
cadena
An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 3414

string

/stɹɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
enhebrar
To put (items) on a string.
You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
encordar
To put strings on (something).
It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.