chest
/t͡ʃɛst/
noun
- 1
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
“The clothes are kept in a chest.”
- 2
A coffin.
- 3
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
“You can take the money from the chest.”
- 4
A chest of drawers.
- 5
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.”
- 6
A hit or blow made with one's chest.
“He scored with a chest into the goal.”
verb
- 1
To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- 2
To deposit in a chest.
- 3
To place in a coffin.
noun
- 1
Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
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