chest

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noun

Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.

a box, usually with a lid, for storage, safekeeping of valuables, etc.: a toy chest; a jewelry chest.

the place where the funds of a public institution or charitable organization are kept; treasury; coffer.

the funds themselves.

a box in which certain goods, as tea, are packed for transit.

the quantity contained in such a box: a chest of spices.

chest of drawers.

a small cabinet, especially one hung on a wall, for storage, as of toiletries and medicines: a medicine chest.

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Idioms about chest

get (something) off one's chest, Informal. to relieve oneself of (problems, troubling thoughts, etc.) by revealing them to someone.

play it close to the chest. vest (def. 16).

Origin of chest

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English cest, cist, from Latin cista, from Greek kístē “box”

OTHER WORDS FROM chest

chest·ful

[chest-fool], /ˈtʃɛst fʊl/, noun

Words nearby chest

chessel, chessman, chess pie, chesspiece, chesstree, chest, chest compression, chested, Chester, chesterbed, chesterfield

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How to use chest in a sentence

Hold them to keep your hands warm, place them at the bottom of your bag to heat your feet, or stuff them into a chest pocket to warm your core.
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Video showed the two shoving one another and Strickland accused Ujiri of hitting him “in the face and chest with both fists” while ignoring orders to stop trying to get to the floor.
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If I get too warm, I take it off, pack it into its chest pocket—it squishes down to the size of an apple—and stuff it into my shorts pocket.
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Every single one of these photos makes the center of my chest clench as I remember how I felt eating these things.
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The paper analyzes training loads for leg press, chest press, and pulldowns.
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At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.
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Forty minutes later he says, ‘I think she may have chest injuries now.’
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Couple guided Stella as she crawled and dipped her chest to pick up each magnet.
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I received many bruises on my collarbones, neck, chest, and shoulders.
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Once a month he attaches a device to his chest, clamps metal bracelets on his wrists, and hooks the whole thing up to a telephone.
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He vowed he was taking even better care of himself than usual, but his chest is bad again.
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He continued active till his 35th year, when he began to decline, and died of water in the chest.
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He held the sabre lower, but the point was kept unwaveringly at the chest of his enemy; his teeth were set.
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One baas was bigger than the other, and on his chest and on his body were pictures of birds, and beasts, and strange things.
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On his chest was a great inkoos with one eye covered, and on his back a hut with trees growing straight up into the air from it.
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British Dictionary definitions for chest

chest

/ (tʃɛst) /

noun

the front part of the trunk from the neck to the bellyRelated adjective: pectoral
(as modifier)a chest cold

get something off one's chest informal to unburden oneself of troubles, worries, etc, by talking about them

a box, usually large and sturdy, used for storage or shippinga tea chest

Also: chestful the quantity a chest holds

rare

the place in which a public or charitable institution deposits its funds
the funds so deposited

a sealed container or reservoir for a gasa wind chest; a steam chest

Derived forms of chest

chested, adjective

Word Origin for chest

Old English cest, from Latin cista wooden box, basket, from Greek kistē box

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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chest

see off one's chest; play one's cards close to one's chest.

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