Associations to the word «Chest»

CHEST, noun. A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

CHEST, noun. (obsolete) A coffin.

CHEST, noun. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

CHEST, noun. A chest of drawers.

CHEST, noun. ​(anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.

CHEST, noun. A hit or blow made with one's chest.

CHEST, verb. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

CHEST, verb. (transitive) To deposit in a chest.

CHEST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To place in a coffin.

CHEST, noun. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

CHEST BREATHER, noun. A person who inflates the chest as a result of underusing the diaphragm while breathing.

CHEST BREATHERS, noun. Plural of chest breather

CHEST CAVITY, noun. The thoracic cavity.

CHEST HAIR, noun. The androgenic hair of the man's anterior thorax

CHEST HAIR, adjective. Macho, manly

CHEST OF DRAWERS, noun. A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above each other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.

CHEST PASS, noun. (basketball) A pass played with the ball at chest-height.

CHEST PASSES, noun. Plural of chest pass

CHEST PRESS, noun. An exercise performed by pressing a bar or lever away from the chest while seated.

CHEST PRESSES, noun. Plural of chest press

CHEST RUB, noun. (emergency medicine) A form of applying pain to the sternum of the patient wherein the responder applies strong pressure with his knuckles in an attempt to establish the patient's level of consciousness.

CHEST RUBS, noun. Plural of chest rub

CHEST TIGHTNESS, noun. An unpleasant sensation of tightness, heaviness or pressure in the chest.

CHEST VOICE, noun. (phonology) a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.

CHEST WALL, noun. (medicine) The set of tissues that bound the thoracic cavity, including the rib cage, fascia, muscles etc.

CHEST, noun. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

CHEST, noun. Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy.

CHEST, noun. The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger".

CHEST, noun. Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes.