chest
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Old English ċest ‘box’ < Germanic *kistā < Latin cista < Ancient Greek κίστη ‘chest, box, basket, hamper’. Cognates from Germanic include Dutch kist, German Kiste.
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chest (plural chests)
- A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- (obsolete) A coffin.
- The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
- A chest of drawers.
- (anatomy) 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.
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strong box
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coffin
treasury
chest of drawers
thorax
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