Chest : nm (word coming from low latin cophinus : bassinet).
The word “chest” has several meanings:
1. Storage unit in the shape of checkout which opens by lifting the lid.
Clasp, fittings of a chest.
A carved, studded chest.
Safe linge, to toys.
Furniture forms trunk (hutch, layette, mess, salting).
Small chest (case, cassette, box, case).
By analogy : Freezer horizontal à lid.
2. Checkout, box metallic closed, where one with en security de l 'money, jewelry and others things precious (safe).
To have a safe at the bank.
La Gym chests.
Drill a safe.
Figurative meaning: The coffers of theCondition : Good : resources Publish.
3. Chest of a car : space arranged for storage, often in theback and who does not communicate with theshooting (or partially) (trunk).
To put his luggage in the trunk.
Open, fermer the trunk (tailgate).
4. Receptacle having the forms of a chest.
The trunk of a piano: the checkout.
Organ chest (buffet, cabinet).
Chest of a wheelbarrow.
Maritime: Trunk of a ship: the hull.
5. Colloquial meaning: Thorax (chest ; checkout).
Phrase: To have chest: to have a solid build, to have souffle ; figurative: to have courage, self-assurance.
6. Chest by volaille or crustacean : thorax.