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chest
[ chest ]
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.
- a small cabinet, especially one hung on a wall, for storage, as of toiletries and medicines:
a medicine chest.
chest
/ ʃɛ /
noun
- the front part of the trunk from the neck to the belly 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 shipping
a tea chest
- Alsochestful 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 gas
a wind chest
a steam chest
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ڳܱ [chest, -f, oo, l], noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chest1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chest1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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 ).
More idioms and phrases containing chest
see off one's chest ; play one's cards close to one's chest .Example Sentences
Other body parts were found by police in a chest freezer at their flat in Shepherd's Bush.
The prosecutor said Charron stabbed Sardinha twice in the chest, nearly sliced her nose off, and stabbed her in the head so hard it bent a pronged tomato knife he was using.
The conditions inside the tent were warm but not comfortable, Marten said, adding the baby would usually sleep on either her or Gordon's chest.
Harvey Willgoose, also 15, died after being stabbed in the chest at All Saints Catholic High School, in Granville Road, on Monday 3 February.
He added that cutting off Russia's energy revenues "will drain Putin's war chest".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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