CHEST


Meaning of CHEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchest ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kistē basket, hamper

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. : a container for storage or shipping ; especially : a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings

b. : a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies

2. : the place where money of a public institution is kept : treasury ; also : the fund so kept

3.

a. : thorax 1 ; especially : the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum

b. : breast 2a

a hairy chest

• chest·ful -ˌfu̇l noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.