1
a
: a container for storage or shipping
especially
: a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings
b
: a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies
2
: the place where money of a public institution is kept : treasury
also
: the fund so kept
3
a
: thorax sense 1
especially
: the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum
b
: breast sense 2a
a hairy chest
Examples of chest in a Sentence
He has a broad chest.
The pain is in my upper chest.
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Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Foreign doctors working in Gaza have testified to treating children with bullet wounds to the head and chest, suggesting sniper fire.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
And people, when the chest-burster happened, were getting up out of their seats and leaving the theater.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Bradford then shot Rash in the chest and left him wounded underneath the Gerber Road overcrossing, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chest
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“Chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chest. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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chest
noun1
: a container (as a box or case) for storing, safekeeping, or shipping
tool chest
linen chest
2
: a public fund
community chest
3
: the part of the body enclosed by the ribs and sternum
chested
adjective
ˈches-təd
Medical Definition
chest
noun1
2
: the part of the body enclosed by the ribs and sternum
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