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Chest Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chest? [n] box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy [n] furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [n] the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chest: bureau \| chest of drawers \| dresser \| pectus \| thorax Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chest: archives \| armory \| arsenal \| attic \| bag \| bank \| basement \| bay \| bin \| bonded warehouse \| boobs \| bookcase \| bosom \| box \| breast \| breasts \| brisket \| bunker \| bursary \| bust \| buttery \| caddy \| cargo dock \| case \| cash register \| cashbox \| casket \| cellar \| closet \| coffer \| coin box \| conservatory \| crate \| crib \| crop \| cupboard \| depository \| depot \| dock \| drawer \| dug \| dump \| exchequer \| fisc \| Fort Knox \| glory hole \| godown \| gold depository \| hold \| hutch \| knockers \| library \| locker \| lumber room \| lumberyard \| magasin \| magazine \| mama \| mamelon \| mamelonation \| mammary gland \| mammilla \| mammillation \| money chest \| nenes \| nipple \| pap \| papilla \| penny bank \| pigeon breast \| piggy bank \| pork barrel \| public crib \| public till \| public treasury \| public trough \| rack \| repertory \| repository \| reservoir \| rick \| safe \| safe-deposit box \| shelf \| stack \| stack room \| stock room \| storage \| store \| storehouse \| storeroom \| strong room \| strongbox \| subtreasury \| supply base \| supply depot \| tank \| teat \| thorax \| till \| tit \| tits \| titties \| titty \| treasure house \| treasure room \| treasure-house \| treasury \| trunk \| udder \| vat \| vault \| warehouse \| wine cellar See Also \| ammunition chest \| area of cardiac dullness \| ark \| ark of the covenant \| article of furniture \| body \| body part \| box \| breast \| breastbone \| caisson \| cedar chest \| chest cavity \| chiffonier \| coffer \| commode \| craniate \| drawer \| female chest \| furniture \| gallbladder \| highboy \| hope chest \| lid \| male chest \| musculus pectoralis \| Pandora's box \| pecs \| pectoral \| pectoral muscle \| pectoralis \| piece of furniture \| pix \| pix chest \| pyx \| pyx chest \| rib cage \| sea chest \| shelf \| sternum \| tallboy \| tea chest \| thoracic aorta \| thoracic cavity \| thoracic vein \| tool cabinet \| tool case \| tool chest \| toolbox \| torso \| toy box \| toy chest \| treasure chest \| trunk \| vena thoracica \| vertebrate \| wedding chest Chest In Webster's Dictionary \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. {Cist}, {Cistern}.] 1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. --Dryden. 2. A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer. 3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. 4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. 5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. {Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}. {Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing drawers. \Chest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chested}.] 1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard. 2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. --Gen. 1. 26 (heading). \Chest\, n. [AS. ce['a]st.] Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

Chest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chest?

[n] box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
[n] furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
[n] the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

Chest In Webster's Dictionary

\Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,
cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. {Cist}, {Cistern}.]
1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
   trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

         Heaps of money crowded in the chest.  --Dryden.

2. A coffin. [Obs.]

         He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer.

3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone;
   the thorax.

4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,
   are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case
   contains.

5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding
   gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an
   engine; the wind chest of an organ.

{Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}.

{Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing
   drawers.


\Chest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chested}.]
1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]

         He dieth and is chested.              --Gen. 1. 26
                                               (heading).


\Chest\, n. [AS. ce['a]st.]
Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

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