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chests

The correct spelling is chests.

How to pronounce chests

noun

IPA: /tʃɛsts/

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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. 1.A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
  2. 2.A coffin.
  3. 3.The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
  4. 4.A chest of drawers.
  5. 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. 1.To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
  2. 2.To deposit in a chest.
  3. 3.To place in a coffin.

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