chest

  • 21chest — /tSest/ noun (C) 1 the front part of your body between your neck and your stomach: a hairy chest | The doctor is going to listen your chest, Cindy. see also: flat chested 2 a large, strong box that you use to store things in or to move your… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22chest */*/*/ — UK [tʃest] / US noun [countable] Word forms chest : singular chest plural chests 1) a) the upper front part of your body between your neck and your stomach a broad/hairy chest Have you had any chest pains? b) British informal used for referring… …

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  • 23chest — /tʃɛst / (say chest) noun 1. the trunk of the body enclosed by the ribs and breastbone and containing the heart and lungs; the thorax. 2. a box, usually a large, strong one, for the safekeeping of valuables. 3. the place where the funds of a… …

  • 24chest — n. thorax 1) to beat; throw out one s chest (with pride) 2) a barrel chest box 3) a hope (AE; BE has bottom drawer); ice; medicine; silver; tool chest * * * [tʃest] ice medicine silver tool chest …

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  • 25chest — The anterior wall of the thorax. SEE ALSO: thorax. SYN: pectus. [A.S. cest, a box] alar c. SYN: flat c.. barrel c. a c. permanently resembling the shape of a barrel, i.e., with increased anteroposterior diameter, roughly equaling the lateral… …

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  • 26chest — noun 1) a bullet wound in the chest Syn: breast, upper body, torso, trunk; technical thorax 2) her matronly chest Syn: bust, bosom; breasts 3) an oak chest Syn …

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  • 27chest*/*/*/ — [tʃest] noun [C] 1) the upper front part of your body between your neck and your stomach a broad/hairy chest[/ex] chest pains[/ex] 2) a large strong box, used for moving or storing things • chest of drawers a piece of wooden furniture with… …

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  • 28chest — [[t]tʃɛst[/t]] n. 1) anat. the portion of the body enclosed by ribs; thorax 2) fur a box, usu. with a lid, for storage, safekeeping of valuables, etc 3) a box in which certain goods, as tea, are packed for shipping 4) fur chest of drawers 5) fur… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29chest — n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part of a human or animal body enclosed by the ribs. b the front surface of the body from neck to waist. 3 a small cabinet for medicines etc. 4 a the… …

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  • 30chest — 1. noun /ʧɛst/ a) A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. The clothes are kept in a chest. b) The place in which public money is kept; a treasury. You can take the money from the chest. Sy …

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