sea chest

noun

Definition of sea chestnext
as in safe-deposit box

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Recent Examples of sea chest Upgrades have been made to all aircraft launch and recovery equipment, while the carrier's hull, including sea chests and freeboard, has been painted. — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026 The crack formed on a spot where two pieces were welded together and was hidden behind a sea chest that houses a fire pump, which is part of an onboard sprinkler system. — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea chest
  1. safe-deposit box
  2. footlocker
  3. chest
  4. crate
  5. trunk
  6. carton
  7. safe
  8. lockbox
Noun
  • Common options include home safes, bank safe-deposit boxes and third-party bullion depositories.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The poem might also be a safe-deposit box, keeping the names of species intact for an environmentally unstable future, when the trees that the poem names may only exist in language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of safe-deposit box
Noun
  • My dad’s footlocker did not survive the flood, but many of its contents suffered only minor damage.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
  • The work is carried out in three gray wooden boxes the size of footlockers that house the colony.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Definition of footlocker
Noun
  • He was shot in the chest by an Army police officer and is now paralyzed.
    — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In May, Tennessee officials stabbed Tony Carruthers with needles and a scalpel for more than an hour while blood streamed down his chest.
    — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of chest
Noun
  • Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The crates of scented rose petals littering the studio help too.
    — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crate
Noun
  • Following press and buyer appointments at The Plaza on Wednesday, the inaugural gowns will embark on a national trunk show tour that starts right across the street at Bergdorf Goodman.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But, starting in the nineteen-eighties, dendrochronologists—who study growth rings in the trunks of trees and link them to calendar years—made a puzzling discovery.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of trunk
Noun
  • This latest group of founders stands on the shoulders of giants from the noughties like Spotify, Klarna, and Skype, who themselves took inspiration from the postwar design empires of IKEA, H&M and Tetra Pak (modernizer of the milk carton).
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The heavy-duty double-wall carton and dense foam inserts held the power station securely in place.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of carton
Noun
  • But Paul Robinson's attorney, Michael DeRiso, said Robinson didn't know what was inside the safe.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Head into the remainder of the year with travel essentials that offer a little extra peace of mind, including luggage locks, portable travel safes, and personal alarms that can help deter pickpockets.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Back in present day, John has managed to exhume Hal’s body and retrieve the decommissioned power ring, awakening the Halogram to get his help opening the lockbox in the storage unit.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Electrical equipment and crucial wiring was also found in disrepair, while a lockbox meant to hold keys for emergency first responders to easily access the facility was left empty.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of lockbox

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“Sea chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20chest. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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