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noun. The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and the breastbone; the thorax.

noun. The front or ventral portion of this part.

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noun. A sturdy box with a lid and often a lock, used especially for storage.

noun. A small closet or cabinet with shelves for storing supplies.

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noun. The treasury of a public institution.

noun. The funds kept there.

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noun. A box for the shipping of certain goods, such as tea.

noun. The quantity packed in such a box.

noun. A sealed receptacle for liquid, gas, or steam.

noun. A bureau; a dresser.

idiom. (get (something) off (one's) chest) To vent one's pent-up feelings.

To deposit in a chest; hoard.

To place in a coffin.

noun. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

noun. A box, properly one of considerable size, made of wood, iron, or other material, with a hinged lid, used as a depository for treasure, papers of record, clothing, or other articles.

noun. Specifically In com., a box-shaped case in which certain kinds of goods, as tea, indigo, opium, etc., are packed for transit.

noun. The quantity such a case contains; a customary but uncertain measure of capacity for a few commodities: as, a chest of isinglass is 3½ hundredweight; a chest of cochineal is 1½ hundredweight.

noun. A coffin.

noun. The trunk of the body from the neck to the belly; the thorax (which see).

noun. The funds of a public institution, or the strong box, coffer, or place where such funds are, or are supposed to be, kept; the treasury: as, a military chest; the university chest; the chest for the relief of maimed manners; etc.

noun. In organ-building, see wind-chest.

intransitive verb. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

intransitive verb. To place in a coffin.

noun. Strife; contention; controversy.

noun. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

noun. A coffin.

noun. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

noun. A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

noun. A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc..

noun. See under Bomb.

noun. a case or movable frame containing drawers.

noun. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

noun. A coffin.

noun. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

noun. A chest of drawers.

noun. The portion 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.

noun. A hit or blow made with one's chest (the front of one's body).

verb. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

noun. box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

noun. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

noun. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

noun. the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

"Failing, however, on examination of the man's chest, to find any sign of counter-irritation of the skin, he was somewhat puzzled; but he soon learned from the mistress of the house, that having no _chest_ at hand, she had clapped the plaster on a large box in the corner of the sick-chamber."