chest
/t͡ʃɛst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.52 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
Example Sentences
- "The clothes are kept in a chest."
- "But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…]."
- "You can take the money from the chest."
- "Holonyms: torso, trunk < body"
- "She had a sudden pain in her chest."
- "An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest."
Etymology
From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).
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Phrases
acute chest syndrome
Armada chest
arm-chest
bachelor's chest
bad chest
barrel chest
beat one's chest
beat out the chest