 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chest
noun
1: the part of the human body between the neck and the
diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
[syn: {thorax}, {pectus}]
2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
3: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: {chest of
drawers}, {bureau}, {dresser}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), noun [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.
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.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,
are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case
contains.
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.
{Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}.
{Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing
drawers.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), verb (used without an object) [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.
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(heading).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), noun [AS. ce['a]st.]
Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "chest":
Fort Knox, 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,
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
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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."
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
CHEST
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