noun

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

   “The clothes are kept in a chest.”

2. A coffin.

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

   “You can take the money from the chest.”

Synonyms: trunk, breast

verb

1. To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

2. To deposit in a chest.

3. To place in a coffin.