Looking for the meaning or definition of the word string? Here's what it means.
Noun
(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
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.
(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
(countable) A series of items or events.
(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
(computing) An ordered sequence of textcharacters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
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.
The points made in a game of billiards.
(billiards, pool) 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.
A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
