chest
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chest/tʃest/
▶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.
– phrases
get something off one's chest informal say something that one has wanted to say for a long time.
keep (or play) one's cards close to one's chest (or US vest) informal be extremely secretive about one's intentions.
get something off one's chest informal say something that one has wanted to say for a long time.
keep (or play) one's cards close to one's chest (or US vest) informal be extremely secretive about one's intentions.
– derivatives
-chested adjective.
-chested adjective.
– origin OE cest, cyst, based on Gk kistē ‘box’.
'chest' also found in these Oxford entries:
angina
- arcane
- ark
- Ark of the Covenant
- barrel-chested
- bosom
- breast
- breastbone
- breast drill
- breastplate
- brisket
- bulldog
- bureau
- bust
- caisson
- cannonball
- cardiothoracic
- case
- casket
- chest of drawers
- chest voice
- chiffonier
- cist
- coffer
- coffret
- commode
- community chest
- confiscate
- corset
- cross
- drawer
- dresser
- expectorate
- fold
- footlocker
- head voice
- heartburn
- highboy
- hope chest
- horse chestnut
- hug
- hutch
- kist
- locker
- lowboy
- midriff
- namaskar
- pant
- parapet
