Chest vs Drawer - What's the difference?
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A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
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(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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An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
(non-gloss definition); one who draws.
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An artist who primarily makes drawings.
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
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Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w)
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As nouns the difference between chest and drawer
is that chest is a box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid while drawer is an open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.As a verb chest
is to hit with one's chest (front of one's body.chest
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{{ 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 ----drawer
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(wikipedia drawer)Noun
(en noun)Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com :
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
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Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer . He had disappeared.}}
