Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 9 compound words that contain chests. The most common are listed below. Open chests in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- medicine chestsplural of medicine chest: A medicine cabinet.
- tool chestsplural of tool chest: A large toolbox; a container, usually portable, for storing tools.
- arm-chestsplural of arm-chest: A portable chest for storing weapons or tools on a ship.
- Armada chestsplural of Armada chest: A kind of handcrafted ornamental iron strongbox used in 16th- and 17th-century Europe, and mostly made in the Nuremberg region.
- barrel chestsplural of barrel chest: A large, deep chest, as:
- blanket chestsplural of blanket chest: A piece of furniture with or without drawers, consisting of a hinged lid, a deep well, designed for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- chests downthird-person singular simple present indicative of chest down: to control a high ball with the chest (for example, in order to shoot, dribble, or pass it)
- chests upthird-person singular simple present indicative of chest up: To bump one's chest into (another person) aggressively; to physically challenge or confront.
- community chestsplural of community chest: A philanthropic fund financed privately, for helping various local welfare agencies or charitable organisations.
- freeze chestsplural of freeze chest: A long, low freezer that is opened from above, as opposed to the vertical kind with a front-facing door.
- Hadley chestsplural of Hadley chest: A kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.
- hope chestsplural of hope chest: A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.
- ice chestsplural of ice chest: A box used to keep provisions cool
- money chestsplural of money chest: A burglar-resistant container for storing money and other precious items.
- pie chestsplural of pie chest: A piece of furniture for storing pies or other foods not needing immediate refrigeration.
- pigeon chestsplural of pigeon chest: A deformity of the chest characterized by protrusion of the sternum and ribs.
- plan chestsplural of plan chest: An item of furniture with long, shallow drawers for storing large documents such as maps.
- sea chestsplural of sea chest: A box or case used to store a sailor's property.
- side chestsplural of side chest: A standard pose in which one arm is bent at the elbow, and the chest muscles are flexed, with one's side turned to the judges.
- steam chestsplural of steam chest: A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.
- tea chestsplural of tea chest: A standardised box, made of plywood with riveted metal corners, used to transport tea to markets.
- treasure chestsplural of treasure chest: A chest filled with treasure, especially one used by pirates, etc.
- war chestsplural of war chest: A fund to finance a war.
- wedding chestsplural of wedding chest: A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.
- chests of drawersplural of chest of drawers: A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.
Compound words 9
- bookchestsplural of bookchest: A chest for the storage of books.
- coolchestsplural of coolchest: A chest or compartment for keeping food cold; refrigerator
- crescentchestsplural of crescentchest: Any of several species of birds from South America, in the genus Melanopareia.
- steamchestsPlural of steamchest: A chamber in a steam engine or locomotive from which steam from the boiler is distributed to the cylinders.
- toolchestsplural of toolchest: A large toolbox; a container, usually portable, for storing tools.
- toychestsplural of toychest: A chest for storing toys.
- warchestsplural of warchest: A fund to finance a war.
- windchestsplural of windchest: A chest or reservoir of wind in an organ.
- lockchestsplural of lockchest: Alternative form of lockchester (“woodlouse”).