chests
Because it is a word with a single syllable, chests is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofchests
- A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
Example: "The clothes are kept in a chest."
- A coffin.
- The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
Example: "You can take the money from the chest."
- A chest of drawers.
- 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.
Example: "She had a sudden pain in her chest."
- A hit or blow made with one's chest.
Example: "He scored with a chest into the goal."
- To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
- To deposit in a chest.
- To place in a coffin.
- Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.
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