Chest
- n. 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.
- n. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
- n. A coffin.
- n. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
- n. A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.