chest

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The front part of the body between the neck and the stomach.

   He felt a sharp pain in his chest and called a doctor.

2. 2
   noun

   A large, strong box used for storing or carrying things.

   The pirates buried a chest full of gold on the island.

From Middle English chest, cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from Old English ċēast, ċēas (“strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; reproof”). Related to Old Frisian kāse (“strife, contention”), Old Saxon caest (“quarrel, dispute”), Old High German kōsa (“speech, story, account”).

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