chest

Meaning

Noun

1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
2. (obsolete) A coffin.
3. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
4. A chest of drawers.
5. The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
6. The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.
7. (euphemistic) A female human's breasts.
8. A hit or blow made with one's chest.

Verb

1. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
2. (transitive) To deposit in a chest.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To place in a coffin.
4. (Africa, transitive) To handle, deal with.

Synonyms

breast

box

📦

bosom

thorax

trunk

case

coffer

casket

cabinet

🗄️

ark

bust

heart

❤️

container

dresser

pectus

safe

large box

breasts

chest of drawers

pail

chest cavity

tin

urn

strongbox

sack

bottle

crate

bin

pot

closet

thoracic cage

bureau

bucket

🪣

jar

🫙

coffin

⚰️

sternum

can

jug

war

vessel

wardrobe

treasury

breastbone

suitcase

exchequer

rib

repository

keg

locker

basket

🧺

Translations

poitrine

pecho

Brust

petto

borst

peito

στήθος

torace

tórax

Brustkorb

pit

Truhe

boezem

sein

kist

📦

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɛst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cheste

Inherited from Old English: ċest

Inherited from Middle English: chest

Inherited from Old English: ċēast

Cognate with Old Frisian: kāse

Cognate with Old Saxon: caest

Cognate with Old High German: kōsa

In summary

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

Sentences

An hour later , he had before him a chest of Spanish gold coins .

His heart squeezed , as if his chest had suddenly compressed it .