'CHEST' definitions:
Definition of 'chest'
(from WordNet)
noun
The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates [syn: thorax, chest, pectus]
noun
Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
noun
The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
noun
Definition of 'Chest'
From: GCIDE
- Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
- 1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He dieth and is chested. --Gen. 1. 26 (heading). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chest'
From: GCIDE
- Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [AS. ce['a]st.] Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chest'
From: GCIDE
- Chest \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. [1913 Webster]
- Heaps of money crowded in the chest. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A coffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Bomb chest, See under Bomb.
- Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'chest'
From: Easton
- Chest (Heb. _'aron_, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_ (plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests."
Synonyms of 'chest'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Acronyms for 'chest'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Computers in Higher Education Software Team (org., UK)
Words containing 'CHEST'
- Chested,
- Bomb chest,
- Chest Springs,
- Chest founder,
- Chest of drawers,
- Chest voice,
- Ice chest,
- Limber chest,
- Spasm of the chest,
- Steam chest,
- Tea chest,
- Valve chest,
- Water on the chest,
- Wind chest,
- ammunition chest,
- cedar chest,
- chest cavity,
- chest pain,
- chest protector,
- chest register,
- chest tone,
- community chest,
- female chest,
- hope chest,
- male chest,
- medicine chest,
- pix chest,
- pyx chest,
- sea chest,
- slop chest,
- tool chest,
- toy chest,
- treasure chest,
- war chest,
- wedding chest,
- Chest Springs, PA,
- big-chested,
- deep-chested