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chest

noun
\ ˈchest How to pronounce chest (audio) \

Definition of chest

1a : a container for storage or shipping especially : a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings
b : a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies
2 : the place where money of a public institution is kept : treasury also : the fund so kept
3a : thorax sense 1 especially : the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum
b : breast sense 2a a hairy chest

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Other Words from chest

chestful \ ˈchest-​ˌfu̇l How to pronounce chestful (audio) \ noun

Synonyms for chest

Synonyms

bin, box, caddy, case, casket, locker, trunk

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Examples of chest in a Sentence

He has a broad chest. The pain is in my upper chest.

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Spurrier looked perplexed when the quarterback chest-passed a high shotgun snap off the crossbar for a safety. Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, "The day South Carolina stunned Alabama and set the state ‘on fire’," 10 Sep. 2019 The soft material is very wearable and comfortable and there was no slippage in the butt or chest area. Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, "Does Kim Kardashian's Shapewear Line Live Up to the Hype? 12 PEOPLE Editors Tried It to Find Out," 10 Sep. 2019 At the hospital in Kabul, Momin Rasooli, 18, sat shirtless with a bandage covering a chest wound gained in a Taliban suicide bombing on Sept. 2. David Zucchino, New York Times, "Afghans Glad Trump Stopped Taliban Talks, Even if They Doubt His Explanation," 9 Sep. 2019 Break out the high fives, chest bumps, anything that feels right in the moment. Greg Luca, ExpressNews.com, "UTSA prepared to be tested in trip to Baylor," 6 Sep. 2019 The 60-year-old Fangio charged into the full-pads scuffle, took both hands to Williams’ chest plate and drove him backward almost 10 yards before letting go. Kyle Fredrickson, The Denver Post, "Vic Fangio’s “Death by Inches” more than a catchphrase for Broncos," 5 Sep. 2019 Doctors have told the 18-year-old that images of his lungs from a chest X-ray look like those of a man in his 70s. Kate Thayer, chicagotribune.com, "‘It’s going to attack your lungs’: Gurnee teen hospitalized for vaping has message for his peers.," 4 Sep. 2019 Anderson Davis and her family were sitting at a red light in their hometown of Odessa when a bullet went through their car and struck the 17-month-old in the mouth and chest, according to a Facebook post from the child’s mother, Kelby Giesler Davis. Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, "Family, friends of Odessa mass shooting survivors find hope after the terror," 2 Sep. 2019 Those basic ice chests, mostly unchanged since the ’70s, were a weak link in our adventures. Louis Mazzante //, Popular Mechanics, "How the Yeti Tundra Became the Coolest Cooler," 1 Sep. 2019

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First Known Use of chest

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

History and Etymology for chest

Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kistē basket, hamper

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chest

noun

English Language Learners Definition of chest

: a container (such as a box or case) for holding things or moving them from place to place
: the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach

chest

noun
\ ˈchest How to pronounce chest (audio) \

Kids Definition of chest

1 : a container (as a box or case) for storing, safekeeping, or shipping tool chest treasure chest
2 : the front part of the body enclosed by the ribs and breastbone
3 : a fund of public money a community chest to benefit the needy

Other Words from chest

chested \ ˈche-​stəd \ adjective

chest

noun
\ ˈchest How to pronounce chest (audio) \

Medical Definition of chest

2 : the part of the body enclosed by the ribs and sternum

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