Chest
[tʃest] or [tʃɛst]
Definition
(noun.) box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy.
Inputed by Effie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
(n.) A coffin.
(n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
(n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
(n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
(v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
(v. i.) To place in a coffin.
(n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
Typed by Beryl
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Breast, thorax, trunk (of the body).
Editor: Rosalie
Definition
n. a large strong box: the part of the body between the neck and the abdomen the thorax.—adj. Chest′ed having a chest: placed in a chest.—n. Chest′-note in singing or speaking a deep note the lowest sound of the voice.
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Examples
- The chest is gone. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Finally I put a rope to my trunk, which was about the size of a carpenter's chest, and started to pull this from the baggage-car to the passenger-car. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He described the experience in the following words:-- A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately p roduced. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- His brain told him that the chest contained something valuable, or the men would not have hidden it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Yes, there was a tantalus containing brandy and whisky on the sea-chest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Being asked what he meant, he answered, them that come out upon him and partickler his chest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He stood before her, his hands in his pockets, his chest sturdily expanded under its vivid waistcoat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The man sat for a minute or more with a heaving chest, fighting against his emotion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- His chest swelled, and his legs got weak, and he was short of breath. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At the moment, however, we had no thought for the old chest, for our eyes were riveted upon that which crouched beside it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And the great heavy dark plate-chests went off to Messrs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He opened chests and cupboards, such as did not baffle his small experience, and in these he found the contents much better preserved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Early next morning their numerous chests and boxes were hoisted on deck and lowered to waiting small boats for transportation to shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Sheet-iron kettles, tent-poles and mess chests were inconvenient articles to transport in that way. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Four little chests all in a row, Dim with dust, and worn by time, Four women, taught by weal and woe To love and labor in their prime. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And the old tea-chests stuffed and covered for ottomans! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which gave it birth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A short man was his Lordship, broad-chested and bow-legged, but proud of the fineness of his foot and ankle, and always caressing his garter-knee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mary Chivers was as tall and fair as her mother, but large-waisted, flat-chested and slightly slouching, as the altered fashion required. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Wal, now, just think on 't, said the trader; just look at them limbs,--broad-chested, strong as a horse. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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