chest

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and the breastbone; the thorax.
• noun The front or ventral portion of this part.
• noun A sturdy box with a lid and often a lock, used especially for storage.
• noun A small closet or cabinet with shelves for storing supplies.
• noun The treasury of a public institution.
• noun The funds kept there.
• noun A box for the shipping of certain goods, such as tea.
• noun The quantity packed in such a box.
• noun A sealed receptacle for liquid, gas, or steam.
• noun A bureau; a dresser.
• idiom (get (something) off (one's) chest) To vent one's pent-up feelings.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To deposit in a chest; hoard.
• To place in a coffin.
• noun The funds of a public institution, or the strong box, coffer, or place where such funds are, or are supposed to be, kept; the treasury: as, a military chest; the university chest; the chest for the relief of maimed manners; etc.
• noun In organ-building, see wind-chest.
• noun Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
• noun A box, properly one of considerable size, made of wood, iron, or other material, with a hinged lid, used as a depository for treasure, papers of record, clothing, or other articles.
• noun Specifically In com., a box-shaped case in which certain kinds of goods, as tea, indigo, opium, etc., are packed for transit.
• noun The quantity such a case contains; a customary but uncertain measure of capacity for a few commodities: as, a chest of isinglass is 3½ hundredweight; a chest of cochineal is 1½ hundredweight.
• noun A coffin.
• noun The trunk of the body from the neck to the belly; the thorax (which see).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
• intransitive verb obsolete To place in a coffin.
• noun obsolete Strife; contention; controversy.
• noun A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
• noun obsolete A coffin.
• noun The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
• noun (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
• noun (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc..
• noun See under Bomb.
• noun a case or movable frame containing drawers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
• noun obsolete A coffin.
• noun The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
• noun A chest of drawers.
• noun anatomy The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.
• noun A hit or blow made with one's chest (the front of one's body).
• verb To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
• noun furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
• noun the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
• noun the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates