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Synonyms for chest

Most common

pectus breast trunk ark coffer

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Pectus

thorax, pectus

2. Dresser

dresser US, bureau US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

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

    The clothes are kept in a chest.

  2. n. 2

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

    You can take the money from the chest.

Forms

Plural
chests → thoraxes, pectora, dressers, bureaus…

Example sentences

  • breast Mary wants to undergo breast augmentation surgery.
  • trunk Tom keeps a hunting knife in the trunk of his car.
  • ark How many of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
  • coffer As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chestrising
pectusrising
breastrising
trunksteady
arkrising
coffersteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
box1, ark1
4 letters
case1
5 letters
trunk1, hutch1
6 letters
bureau2, breast1, thorax2, coffer2, pectus
7 letters
dresser2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bureau2 = 2 syllables).

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