chest
31chest — noun 1》 the front surface of a person s or animal s body between the neck and the stomach. ↘the whole of a person s upper trunk. 2》 a large strong box for storage or transport. 3》 Brit. the treasury or financial resources of an institution.… …
32chest — See: OFF ONE S CHEST, ON ONE S CHEST …
33chest — See: OFF ONE S CHEST, ON ONE S CHEST …
34chest — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kistē basket, hamper Date: before 12th century 1. a. a container for storage or shipping; especially a box with a lid used especially for the… …
35chest — See: off one s chest, on one s chest …
36chest — noun 1) a wound in the chest Syn: breast, upper body, torso, trunk, front 2) an oak chest Syn: box, case, casket, crate, trunk, coffer, strongbox …
37chest — Synonyms and related words: Fort Knox, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bag, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, boobs, bookcase, bosom, box, breast, breasts, brisket, bunker, bursary, bust, buttery, caddy, cargo dock, case, cash… …
38chest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. case, box, casket; coffer; cabinet, commode, locker, bureau; thorax, breast. See receptacle, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A box like container, or a piece of furniture with drawers] Syn. case,… …
39chest — [OE] Chest comes ultimately from Greek kístē ‘box, basket’. In Latin this became cista (source of English cistern [13]). In prehistoric times the word was borrowed into Germanic as *kistā, which was the source of Old English cest. This still… …
40chest — n 1. thorax, front, breast; bust, bosom. See also bosom (def.1). 2. box, crate, trunk, coffer, casket, caddy, file; case, vasculum, receptacle, shrine, reliquary; bunker, bin, crib, hutch; carton, container, canister, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. pyxis;… …
