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
  • Quarterback Kurtis Rourke was back at the San Francisco 49ers’ practice facility Friday, one day after he was taken to the hospital following a big hit to his chest.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Maceta, moved to pity at times, would put an ear to his friend’s chest and hear how Ruiz’s heart leaped about inside his body, as though trying to fly apart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of chest
Noun
  • The atomic bomb in the crate that a helicopter carefully deposits in Carol’s driveway in the last scene?
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Those headlights bookend the front with a grille full of vertical slats on the Q9 and an egg-crate design swapping in on S-Line and more powerful SQ9 models.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 July 2026
Definition of crate
Noun
  • Imagine a termite carving a path like a jumbled ball of string through a tree trunk, instead of an axe cleaving a single vector.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Clean out the trunk and remove excess storage like roof racks and cargo carriers.
    — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trunk
Noun
  • The pause left Mexican growers out of tens of millions of dollars and temporarily sent the price of a carton of the fruit in the US soaring by 40 percent, according to analysis firm RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness.
    — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her twin brother, Connor (Keen Ruffalo), by contrast, spends his morning teasing Annie and drinking chocolate milk straight from the carton.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
Definition of carton
Noun
  • The group shattered windows, stole or attempted to steal cash, register drawers and safes.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Before refrigeration became mainstream, cutout details were added to larders and meat safes as a way to ventilate a cupboard without leaving it open.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
Definition of safe
Noun
  • Nelson Smith said whoever was responsible also broke into the stand's lockbox, which was empty.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This lockbox is compact enough to fit in a carry-on bag or weekender tote, and has a tethering cable to affix it to a secure object.
    — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 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 16 Aug. 2026.

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