(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your ~ is the top part of the front of your body where your ribs, lungs, and heart are.
He crossed his arms over his ~...
He was shot in the ~...
He complained of ~ pain.
N-COUNT: oft poss N
2.
A ~ is a large, heavy box used for storing things.
At the very bottom of the ~ were his carving tools.
...a treasure ~.
...a medicine ~.
= trunk
N-COUNT
3.
If you get something off your ~, you talk about something that has been worrying you.
I feel it’s done me good to get it off my ~.
? bottle up
PHRASE: V inflects