English Explanatory Dictionary

chest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
  2. 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. 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. To deposit in a chest.
  3. To place in a coffin.
  4. To handle, deal with.
noun
  1. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
name
  1. University of Chester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃɛst/ /t͡ʃɪst/ en-us-chest.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-chest.wav

Word forms

chest chests chist chesting chested

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”).

Synonyms

trunk breast

Related words

head neck abdomen limbs back dorsum

Derived words

acute chest syndrome arm-chest bad chest barrel chest beat one's chest blanket chest bookchest chestage chestal chest bag chest band chest-beating chest becket chest breather chest-bump chest bump chest button chest candy chest cavity chest cold chest day chest expander chestfeed chestfeeder chest freezer chestful chestguard chest hair chest-high chesticle chesticles chestless chestlike chestly chest mark chest melon chest monster chest note chest of drawers chest one's cards chestpad chest pass chestpiece chestplate chest press chest rub chest surgery chest-thumping chest tightness chest tube chest up chest voice chest wall chesty community chest coolchest crescentchest flail chest freeze chest funnel chest
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