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CHEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chest" is a kind of...):
box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)
Meronyms (parts of "chest"):
lid (a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chest"):
treasure chest (a chest filled with valuables)
ammunition chest; caisson (a chest to hold ammunition)
cedar chest (a chest made of cedar)
coffer (a chest especially for storing valuables)
hope chest; wedding chest (chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage)
toy box; toy chest (chest for storage of toys)
pix; pix chest; pyx; pyx chest (a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay)
sea chest (a sailor's storage chest for personal property)
tea chest (chest for storing or transporting tea)
tool cabinet; tool case; tool chest; toolbox (a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools)
Instance hyponyms:
Pandora's box ((Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it; she gave in to her curiosity and opened it; all the miseries and evils flew out to afflict mankind)
Ark; Ark of the Covenant ((Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
Synonyms:
bureau; chest; chest of drawers; dresser
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chest" is a kind of...):
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
Meronyms (parts of "chest"):
drawer (a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out)
shelf (a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chest"):
chiffonier; commode (a tall elegant chest of drawers)
highboy; tallboy (a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs)
lowboy (a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chest" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Meronyms (parts of "chest"):
rib cage (the bony enclosing wall of the chest)
breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)
thoracic aorta (a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries)
thoracic vein; vena thoracica (veins that drain the thoracic walls)
gall bladder; gallbladder (a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion)
area of cardiac dullness (a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs)
breast; chest (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen)
musculus pectoralis; pecs; pectoral; pectoral muscle; pectoralis (either of two large muscles of the chest)
chest cavity; thoracic cavity (the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chest"):
bust; female chest (the chest of a woman)
male chest (the chest of a man)
Holonyms ("chest" is a part of...):
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Derivation:
chesty (marked by a large or well-developed chest)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
Example:
he beat his breast in anger
Synonyms:
breast; chest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("chest" is a kind of...):
external body part (any body part visible externally)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chest"):
bosom (a person's breast or chest)
Holonyms ("chest" is a part of...):
chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
Context examples:
Patients are usually asymptomatic and its discovery is an incidental finding during chest X-ray examination.
(Alveolar Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A. radingae infection is often associated with breast, chest, and back abscesses.
(Actinomyces radingae, NCI Thesaurus)
It causes a cough that often brings up mucus, as well as shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness.
(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
It is characterized by a severe and rapid onset of symptoms that may include chest pain, often radiating to the left arm and left side of the neck, dyspnea, sweating, and palpitations.
(Acute Myocardial Infarction, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical presentation includes headaches, palpitations, chest and abdominal pain, hypertension, fever, and tremor.
(Adrenal Gland Pheochromocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Mars has the power to unlock Jupiter’s treasure chest of goodies for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I looked down at the brown glory of her hair, glinting gems in the sunshine far more precious to me than those in the treasure-chests of kings.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He worked more carefully, striving to be cool, though his heart was pounding against his chest and his hands were trembling.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in height, with the chest and limbs of a Hercules.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
