Chest

/tΝ‘ΚƒΙ›st/

The meaning and definition of Chest, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
    β€œThe clothes are kept in a chest.”
  2. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
    β€œYou can take the money from the chest.”
verb
  1. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
  2. To deposit in a chest.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms trunk breast

Origin

From Old English cest.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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