chest
Meaning
-
- 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.
- 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 female human's breasts.
- A hit or blow made with one's chest.
Synonyms
large box
woman’s breast
female breast
mountain slope
paper kite
press wardrobe
small cup
ball of foot
dough-trough
pectoral region
thoracic region
cashier’s stand
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃɛst/
Etymology
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”).

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