CHAPERONE
9 letters
16 Scrabble points
/ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/
Definition of CHAPERONE
noun
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An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
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A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
verb
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To act as a chaperone.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
C
H
A
P
E
R
O
N
E
Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
16 points
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