as in lockers
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
a chest containing almost every tool that the home do-it-yourselfer is likely to need
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Recent Examples of chests
And Berlin audiences will be able to beat their chests and call out to God in unison with Amanda Seyfried, with the German premiere of Mona Fastvold’s awards season contender The Testament of Ann Lee, which stars Seyfried as the 18th century religious leader and founder of the Shakers movement.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Ben smashes chests and heads in, tears jaws out, rips faces off, and director Johannes Roberts makes sure to include brief close-ups of the carnage, lit just dimly enough to avoid truly grossing us out.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
The 2012 Texas football recruiting class, 29 signees strong, included six players who would go on to wear another school’s colors across their chests.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
Inside your chests, 22 of you will see nothing and remain Faithful for now.
—Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
The containers, which had been abandoned for decades, included more than a dozen steamer trunks – large luggage chests designed for long-distance travel – and a handful of suitcases dating to the 1910s.
—Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Once, Cavaliere scored a pair of Dorothy Draper chests at TK.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025
Ahead of New York’s mayoral election last month, a billboard for Polymarket in Times Square showed Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo face to face, but with their photos edited to give them bare chests, like prizefighters at a weigh-in.
—Danny Funt, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
The speed at which the cops turn against the people by ripping off masks to ensure pepper spray lands in their eyes, or charging at crowds to eagerly shoot rubber bullets in their chests, is to witness the eventual hyper-militarization of the police.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chests
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The players had exit meetings with the coaching staff, then cleaned out their lockers and parted ways.—
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Look at the empty lockers where the former Sun Devils were supposed to be.—
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Right now, our list includes fabric storage bins, under-sink organizers, food storage bins, and other organizers for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and other living spaces.—
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Keep your closet well-lit and modify it with hooks, bins, and more.—
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Disguise cardboard tissue boxes with this porcelain holder designed to emulate a cheerful home.—
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The truck is from Total-Shredding and will take on approximately 400 boxes worth of paper.—
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Foster wore a blue bikini set, while Jackman selected a pair of floral swim trunks.—
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Sutton donned a navy blue bikini with a matching swim skirt, while Jackman rocked black-and-white swim trunks with a tropical floral design.—
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Officials say truckloads of antiquities were driven from the capital in 2023 — RSF members filmed themselves opening crates of mummified remains — and estimate total losses at $110 million.—
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What do a nopal (a prickly pear cactus) a bicycle stand, crates, a wooden bench, a plastic table and worn knives have in common?—
Cite this Entry
“Chests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chests. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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