Chest

n.	1.	A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. - Dryden.
	2.	A coffin. He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. - Chaucer.
	3.	The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
	4.	(Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
	5.	(Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest See under Bomb. Chest of drawers a case or movable frame containing drawers.
v. i.	1.	To deposit in a chest; to hoard. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
	2.	To place in a coffin. He dieth and is chested. - Gen. 1. 26 (heading).
n.	1.	Strife; contention; controversy.

Noun	1.	chest - the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates Synonyms: pectus, thorax
	2.	chest - box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
	3.	chest - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes Synonyms: chest of drawers, dresser, bureau

Computers in Higher Education Software Team (org., UK) To see your chest in your dream, signifies confidence, conquest and vitality. Alternatively, it represents feelings of being overwhelmed and being dangerously confronted by something. Consider also if the dream is telling you that there is something that you need to "get off your chest". To dream that you are beating on your chest, indicates triumph and a great accomplishment.Fort Knox, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bag, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, boobs, bookcase, breasts, brisket, bunker, bursary, bust, buttery, caddy, cargo dock, cash register, cashbox, cellar, closet, coin box, conservatory, crate, crib, crop, cupboard, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dug, dump, exchequer, fisc, glory hole, godown, gold depository, hold, hutch, knockers, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, money chest, nenes, nipple, pap, papilla, penny bank, pigeon breast, piggy bank, pork barrel, public crib, public till, public treasury, public trough, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, safe, safe-deposit box, shelf, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strong room, strongbox, subtreasury, supply base, supply depot, tank, teat, thorax, till, tit, tits, titties, titty, treasure house, treasure room, treasure-house, treasury, udder, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar

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