Need another word that means the same as “chest”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “chest” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Chest” are: breast, bureau, chest of drawers, dresser, pectus, thorax, upper body, body, torso, trunk, bust, bosom, box, case, casket, crate, coffer, strongbox
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chest” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| body | A woman s close fitting stretch garment for the upper body fastening at the crotch. The main body of the house was built in 1625. |
| box | A box junction. A hat box. |
| breast | A joint of meat or portion of poultry cut from the breast of a bird or mammal. Lisa popped a breast of chicken into the microwave. |
| bureau | A government department. A news bureau. |
| bust | The chest of a woman. They went on a bust that lasted three days. |
| case | The quantity contained in a case. In many cases farmers do have a deep feeling for their land. |
| casket | Box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. A small brass casket containing four black opals. |
| chest of drawers | Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy. |
| coffer | A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling. There is not enough money in the coffers to finance the reforms. |
| crate | The quantity contained in a crate. A milk crate. |
| dresser | A sideboard with shelves above for storing and displaying plates and kitchen utensils. He s a meticulous dresser. |
| pectus | The lower surface of the thorax or prothorax of an insect or a spider. |
| strongbox | A strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked. |
| thorax | The part of a bird reptile amphibian or fish that corresponds to the human thorax. |
| torso | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. The Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata. |
| trunk | Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage. He put his golf bag in the trunk. |
| upper body | The higher of two berths. |
| ankle | Flex the ankles while cycling in order to increase pedalling efficiency. An ankle injury. |
| arm | Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm. An arm of the sea. |
| auscultation | The action of listening to sounds from the heart, lungs, or other organs, typically with a stethoscope, as a part of medical diagnosis. |
| breast | Meet at breast level. He beat his breast in anger. |
| cleavage | The act of cleaving or splitting. Holly and Bridget checked their cleavages and rearranged their hair. |
| dislocate | Move out of position. Dislocate joints. |
| elbow | A thing resembling an elbow in particular a piece of piping bent through an angle. His coat had patches over the elbows. |
| electrocardiogram | A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography. |
| epaulet | Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder. |
| flail | Cut vegetation with a flail. A flail hedge trimmer. |
| fracture | Fracture a bone of. Obsidian shows a conchoidal fracture. |
| heart | One of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards denoted by a red heart shaped figure. They may lose heart as the work mounts up. |
| heartbeat | The pulsation of the heart. New York is the commercial heartbeat of America. |
| hip | A person s hip joint. She dislocated her hip. |
| knee | The joint in other animals that corresponds or is analogous to the human knee. She kneed him in the groin. |
| lactation | The period following birth during which milk is secreted. Lactation normally continues until weaning. |
| lactic | Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey. |
| lap | A hanging flap on a garment or a saddle. The dog s laps were warm and wet. |
| ligament | A short band of tough, flexible fibrous connective tissue which connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint. |
| limb | A projecting landform such as a spur of a mountain range, or each of two or more such projections as in a forked peninsula or archipelago. The limb of the sextant. |
| lung | Each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. Lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups. The city had to be given lungs in the shape of open spaces squares parks and gardens. |
| neck | A cut of meat from the neck of an animal. The banjo had a long neck. |
| partition | The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. An agreement was reached to partition the country. |
| shoulder | A part of something resembling a shoulder in shape position or function. A tall youth with broad shoulders. |
| stethoscope | A medical instrument for listening to the action of someone’s heart or breathing, typically having a small disc-shaped resonator that is placed against the chest, and two tubes connected to earpieces. |
| trunk | The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. He put his golf bag in the trunk. |
| waist | The circumference of a person s waist. Trousers with an elasticated waist. |
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