Meaning

noun the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

noun box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

noun the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

originFrom 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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