Chest vs Backbone - What's the difference?
chest | backbone |
A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
(lb) A coffin.
The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
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A chest of drawers.
(senseid)(lb) The portion of the front 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.
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#A hit or blow made with one's chest.
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To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
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To deposit in a chest.
(obsolete) To place in a coffin.
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The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure
courage, fortitude, or strength
As nouns the difference between chest and backbone
is that chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid or chest can be debate; quarrel; strife; enmity while backbone is the series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.As a verb chest
is to hit with one's chest (front of one's body).chest
English
{{ picdic , image=Chest.jpg , width=310 , detail1= , detail2= }}Etymology 1
From (etyl) cheste, chiste, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (the thorax) breast * (box) trunkDerived terms
* bad chest * chest cavity * chest cold * chestless * chestlike * chest of drawers * chest pass * chestnut * chest wall * chesty * get off one’s chest * hope chest * keep one's cards close to one's chest * treasure chest * war chestVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net. }}
- He dieth and is chested .
Etymology 2
From (etyl) cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from (etyl) .Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----backbone
English
Noun
(en noun)- Before automobiles, railroads were a backbone of commerce.
- He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone .