Thesaurus results for CHESTS

chests

noun

plural of chest

as in lockers

a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things a chest containing almost every tool that the home do-it-yourselfer is likely to need

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Recent Examples of chests Participants have ranged in age from 13 to around 80; new parents push babies in strollers or carry them strapped to their chests. — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 Both had stab wounds in their chests and were rushed to a hospital for treatment. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The two, Brown said, were walking around with their chests puffed out and his arms flexed. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026 The players have to figure out how to open the chests, each of which contains part of a code. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 Many have ports implanted beneath the skin of their chests so each treatment does not mean another needle searching for a vein already strained by months of infusions. — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 15 Sep. 2026 People with very hairy chests might need enough hair shaved off to allow the pad to stick. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 We are desired and judged, we are measured by the thickness of our thighs, size of our chests, sparkle in our grin. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Flick and Deco are keeping their cards close to their chests. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chests

Noun

So these are vertical shorts shot through characters’ lockers.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
The room falls silent as the players, one by one, take a seat at their lockers, facing a big-screen TV on the wall.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of lockers

Noun

Skip the cardboard… Really just trust me on this one and rent reusable bins from a moving company with good reviews.

— Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris with garbage bins on Thursday before police moved in with tear gas, as France’s nationwide protests showed few signs of ending.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bins

Noun

Three live cockroaches were on boxes of to-go bags behind the counter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Ocean container volume was flat from a year ago (although up since Q1 as Sean will explain), so the improvement there came from carriers holding back capacity, not from more boxes moving.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026