Pronunciation
- IPA: /t͡ʃɛst/
chest (plural chests)
- A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- The clothes are kept in a chest.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
- (obsolete) A coffin.
- The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
- You can take the money from the chest.
- A chest of drawers.
(anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals. - She had a sudden pain in her chest.
- A hit or blow made with one's chest.
- He scored with a chest into the goal.
- French: coffre
- German: Truhe, Koffer
- Italian: cassa, cassapanca, cofano, baule
- Portuguese: baú
- Russian: сунду́к
- Spanish: arca, baúl
- German: Kommode
- Italian: cassettone, comò
- Portuguese: cômoda
- Russian: комо́д
- Spanish: cómoda
- French: poitrine
- German: Brust, Brustkorb, Thorax
- Italian: petto, torace
- Portuguese: peito, tórax
- Russian: грудь
- Spanish: pecho, tórax
chest (chests, present participle chesting; past and past participle chested)
- To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
- (transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.
- Bible, Genesis 1:26
- He dieth and is chested.
- Bible, Genesis 1:26
chest (plural chests)
Chest
Proper noun
- (after a qualification) University of Chester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
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