Definition of Chest

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Definition of Chest

Chest

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

A coffin.

The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

To place in a coffin.

Strife; contention; controversy.

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Chest Quotations

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?
Erma Bombeck

Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.
Jimi Hendrix

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.
Jack LaLanne

I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.
Lauren Bacall

Whoever thinks of stopping the uprising before it achieves its goals, I will give him ten bullets in the chest.
Yasser Arafat

This is an exact replica of my chest.
Willie Aames

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.
Herman Melville

Still today, I cannot cross the threshold of a teaching institution without physical symptoms, in my chest and my stomach, of discomfort or anxiety. And yet I have never left school.
Jacques Derrida

The home should be the treasure chest of living.
Le Corbusier

The quickest way to a man's heart is through his chest.
Roseanne Barr

Chest Translations

chest in Afrikaans is bors
chest in Danish is kiste, bryst
chest in Dutch is boezem, borst
chest in Finnish is rinta
chest in French is sein, poitrine, commode, coffre
chest in German is Koffer, Brust, Kasten, Kasten
chest in Italian is torace, cassapanca, valigia, cassone
chest in Latin is arca archa, armarium
chest in Norwegian is bryst
chest in Portuguese is caixa, peito
chest in Spanish is arca, aparador, baul, cajon, pecho

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