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Get to know Chine better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cut or butcher.

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Chine in a sentence

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Chine | Chinese | Chinedu | Chines | Chinenye | Chinensis | Chinelo | Chinery | Chinedum

Chine meaning

  1. The top of a ridge.
  2. The spine of an animal.
  3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

Synonyms of Chine

cut butcher rachis back backbone spine vertebral column spinal column cut of meat slaughter

Related words

Other words often associated with Chine or its synonyms:

support slashed perforate drubbing spikelet front indorse anchor sand murderer blunderer minify

Using Chine

  • The main meaning on this page is: The top of a ridge. | The spine of an animal. | A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  • Useful related words include: cut, butcher, rachis, back.
  • In the example corpus, chine often appears in combinations such as: durley chine, the chine, alum chine.

Context around Chine

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

durley 5× alum 2× shanklin 1× large 1× branksome 1× twin 1× forward 1× blackgang 1× hard 1× nose 1×

Often after:

buff 2× beach 2× fears 1× lane 1× jurors 1× road 1× dorset 1× arrangements 1× guards 1× design 1×

Sentence patterns with Chine

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

at alum chine 1× at durley chine and rejoin 1× attraction shanklin chine fears it 1× blackgang chine is arguably 1× chine is not 1× failure forward chine guards ripped 1× in branksome chine dorset for 1× its twin chine arrangements providing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all boats suffered 1× as a frequent 1× blackgang chine is 1× chine is not 1× in an important 1× instead the sr 1×

Common sentence endings:

90yrs by mmd 1× almost 30 years 1× and dynamic stability 1× and other weaknesses 1× as a result 1× at alum chine 1×

Words around Chine

Just before it in the word index:

chindwin 3 chinda 16 chincoteague 4 chinchwad 32 chinchpokli 2 chinchilla 13

Just after it in the word index:

chined 4 chinedu 32 chinedum 4 chineham 4 chineke 2 chinelo 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aarons 33 abra 33 accelerations 33 accies 33 adepoju 33 aduana 33

Corpus analysis for Chine

  • In this selection, "chine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, durley, alum, shanklin, buff, beach and fears stand out and add context to how "chine" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at alum chine and at durley chine and rejoin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "chine" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with chine

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Chine is not a dangerous (trade) rival, it is a foe. (11 words)

Zambia n chine they signed a mcdmdp agreement for 90yrs by MMD…. (12 words)

Pettis caught Khashakyan with a massive counter right hand that landed perfectly on the chine. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

As a frequent visitor to the Isle of Wight, in particular, I have recently returned from a holiday in Shanklin and I am very concerned by the lack of public toilets along the seafront, from the closed toilets at Chine Buff, to the cliff lift. (45 words)

In an important note after winning the design competition for the smaller PT boat, George Crouch wrote that Hickman's Sea Sled design would be far superior "in either rough or smooth water to that of the best possible V-bottom or hard chine design". (45 words)

Roads on the refuse list include Argyll Road, Shelley Park, and Undercliff Road while Durley Chine Road, Iford Lane, and Vitality Stadium can be found on the roads that were missed in the food waste collection. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

There will be road closures on West Overcliff Drive on the day, as runners join the road at Durley Chine and rejoin footpaths at Alum Chine.

The Isle of Wight's oldest attraction, Shanklin Chine, fears it could have to shut, as a result.

As a frequent visitor to the Isle of Wight, in particular, I have recently returned from a holiday in Shanklin and I am very concerned by the lack of public toilets along the seafront, from the closed toilets at Chine Buff, to the cliff lift.

Mill Lane will close during ironworks and carriageway repairs, between its junctions with Chine Lane and Doctors Lane, over one shift sometime between Monday and Wednesday.

Officers have cordoned off a one-mile stretch of the picturesque beach from west of the pier to Alum Chine.

On the night of the alleged stabbing, Saadi walked at night along the promenade to Durley Chine, jurors were told.

Roads on the refuse list include Argyll Road, Shelley Park, and Undercliff Road while Durley Chine Road, Iford Lane, and Vitality Stadium can be found on the roads that were missed in the food waste collection.

Since the closure of the large Chine Buff toilets, this section of the beach has no public toilets.

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The boy, 17, was held by cops probing a double knife attack on Durley Chine beach in Bournemouth on Friday night which left a second woman fighting for her life.

Thelma Bartlett has been renting the seaside sanctuary in Branksome Chine, Dorset, for almost 30 years.

Two women from Poole were stabbed on Durley Chine Beach at around 11:45 BST on May 24.

Chine is not a dangerous (trade) rival, it is a foe.

Pettis caught Khashakyan with a massive counter right hand that landed perfectly on the chine.

Perched on the face of a steep coastal ravine or 'chine', which is now gone, the park still has on display its first exhibit, the whale skeleton once found on the island's shores.

Zambia n chine they signed a mcdmdp agreement for 90yrs by MMD….

The hull provides exceptionally high levels of seakeeping abilities on all courses with its twin chine arrangements providing for high levels of both static and dynamic stability.

All boats suffered from some sort of structural failure (forward chine guards ripped away, bottom framing under bows broken, side planking cracked (indicating lack of longitudinal strength), and other weaknesses).

Blackgang Chine is arguably the oldest theme park in the UK, and one of the oldest in the world.

In an important note after winning the design competition for the smaller PT boat, George Crouch wrote that Hickman's Sea Sled design would be far superior "in either rough or smooth water to that of the best possible V-bottom or hard chine design".

Instead, the SR-71's camera systems could be located either in the fuselage chines or the removable nose/chine section.

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Common combinations with chine

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "chine" in a sentence?
An example: "There will be road closures on West Overcliff Drive on the day, as runners join the road at Durley Chine and rejoin footpaths at Alum Chine." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "chine" from authentic English texts.
What does "chine" mean?
Chine means: The top of a ridge.
What are synonyms of "chine"?
Common synonyms of "chine" include: cut, butcher, rachis, back, backbone, spine, vertebral column, spinal column. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "chine" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "chine", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.