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chest

/t͡ʃɛst/noun1 syllable

Chest means: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.

Synonyms for chest7

noun, as in furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

chest of drawers, bureau, dresser

noun, as in the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

thorax, pectus

noun, as in the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

also used for chest

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What does chest mean?4

noun

1

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

2

the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

3

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen“he beat his breast in anger”

4

box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with chest?51

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Chest in a sentence

  • Inside the chest, there are the heart and the lungs.Djef_Messaoudi
  • If you have pain in your chest, consult your doctor right away.CK
  • An icicle broke off and fell on her, stabbing her in the chest.Lepotdeterre
  • He brought a chest, in which there were very valuable goods.Objectivesea
  • She nodded, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.OjisanSeiuchi
  • When the chest is too compressed, one can have a hard time breathing.marioo
  • In that chest there are many old coins made of copper, silver and gold.dzouras
  • A young maiden, with a tin brooch decorating her chest, went to meet him.Nylez

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Forms of chest

as a noun

plural
chests