noun

1. a box with a lid and, often, a lock, for storing or shipping things
2. Rare a place where money or funds are kept; treasury
3. a public fund the community chest
4. chest of drawers
5. a cabinet, as for holding medical supplies or toiletries
6. 1. the part of the body enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and diaphragm; thorax
   2. the outside front part of this

Etymology: ME chest, chiste < OE, ON, or L: OE cist & ON kista < L cista < Gr kistē, a box, basket < IE *kista, woven container > OIr cess, basket