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Chest - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Chest : (noun)
1: the part of the human body between the neck and the
diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
[syn: thorax, pectus]
2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
3: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of
drawers, bureau, dresser]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Chest : \Chest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]
He dieth and is chested. --Gen. 1. 26
(heading).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chest : \Chest\, n. [AS. ce['a]st.]
Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chest : \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,
cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. Cist, Cistern.]
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. [Obs.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [=i]s; aksin to D.
ijs, G. eis, OHG. [=i]s, Icel. [=i]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and
perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C.
being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
field of ice. --Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
yet in sight.
Ice boat.
(a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
ice by sails; an ice yacht.
(b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which
things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator.
Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to
an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice
artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice_petrel_(Zo["o]l.),_a_shearwater_({Puffinus_gelidus">Ice petrel (Zo["o]l.), a shearwater ({Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
also ice master.
Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chest : Computers in Higher Education Software Team (org., UK)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Chest : (Heb. _'aron_, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which
the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings
12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered
"coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_
(plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests."
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Chest : Chest: The area of the body located between the sternum .
The chest is also called the thorax.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Chest |
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Momleaux: @SavvyAtlGirl A bow on the Chest and bubble sleeves down to the forearm + a complete mess. The wow factor was the train. |
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twistedberries: There is no day in my life (since the weight loss) that I never wore boob enhancers on my Chest. If I got naked, you'd deffo see it flat:)) |
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toomanyjenners: Home now and my Chest hurts... time for sleep... and tea.. |
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