Chest definition

Chest

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WordNet

(1) Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

(2) Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

(3) The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

WiktionaryText

ċest ‘box’ < Germanic *kistā < Latin cista < ‘chest, box, basket, hamper’. Cognates from Germanic include Dutch kist, German Kiste.

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
A chest of drawers.
The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.