chest

1. (noun) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
Related Words: Pandora's box, ammunition chest, ark, ark of the covenant, box, caisson, cedar chest, coffer, hope chest, pix, pix chest, pyx, pyx chest, sea chest, tea chest, tool cabinet, tool case, tool chest, toolbox, toy box, toy chest, treasure chest, wedding chest

2. (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
Synonyms: bureau, chest of drawers, dresser
Related Words: article of furniture, chiffonier, commode, furniture, highboy, piece of furniture, tallboy

3. (noun) the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Synonyms: pectus, thorax
Related Words: body part, female chest, male chest



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