CHEST

chest

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

thorax, chest, pectus

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

breast, chest

(noun) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; “he beat his breast in anger”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

chest (plural chests)

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

(obsolete) A coffin.

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

A chest of drawers.

(anatomy) 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.

A hit or blow made with one's chest.

Synonyms

• (the thorax): breast

• (box): trunk

Verb

chest (third-person singular simple present chests, present participle chesting, simple past and past participle chested)

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

(transitive) To deposit in a chest.

(transitive, obsolete) To place in a coffin.

Etymology 2

Noun

chest (plural chests)

Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

Anagrams

• Tesch, chets, techs

Etymology

Proper noun

Chest

(after a qualification) University of Chester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Anagrams

• Tesch, chets, techs

Source: Wiktionary

Chest, n. Etym: [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. 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. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.

2. A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer.

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

4. (Com.)

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

5. (Mech.)

Definition: A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb.

– Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

Chest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]

1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).

Chest, n. Etym: [AS. ceást.]

Definition: Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition