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Uncommonchests
The correct spelling is chests.
How to pronounce chests
noun
IPA: /tʃɛsts/
Say it like: Che-sts
The correct spelling is chests. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid. For example: "The clothes are kept in a chest."
Usage Examples
“The clothes are kept in a chest.”
“You can take the money from the chest.”
“She had a sudden pain in her chest.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- 2.A coffin.
- 3.The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
- 4.A chest of drawers.
- 5.The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
verb
- 1.To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- 2.To deposit in a chest.
- 3.To place in a coffin.
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