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Added 9 October 2026

chest

/t͡ʃɛst/ noun

In Latin: armarium, arca, riscus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chest at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
The clothes are kept in a chest.
A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
You can take the money from the chest.

verb

To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
To deposit in a chest.
To place in a coffin.

Origin

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

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