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chest

/t͡ʃɛst/

An illustration for chest

noun1 of 2

the front of your body between your neck and your waist

  • “Inside the chest, there are the heart and the lungs.”Tatoeba
  • “I have something I need to get off my chest.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To place in a coffin.

Synonyms

Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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