chest

  1. Noun.  A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) A coffin.
  3. Noun.  The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
  4. Noun.  A chest of drawers.
  5. Noun.  (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
  6. Noun.  A hit or blow made with one's chest (front of the body).
  7. Verb.  To hit with one's chest (front of one's body).

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