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chest (c̸hest)

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
    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

chest Idioms

get something off one's chest

Informal to unburden oneself of some trouble, annoyance, etc. by talking about it

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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