chest
n. countablen. the front part of your body between your neck and your stomach. It contains your heart and lungs.
n. the anterior portion of the human torso between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and containing the heart and lungs.
He felt a sharp pain in his chest while running.
The doctor placed the stethoscope against the patient's chest to listen to her heartbeat.
The athlete's chest expanded deeply as he struggled to catch his breath after the final sprint of the race.
From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).
From Middle English chest, cheste, cheeste, cheaste, from Old English ċēast, ċēas (“strife, quarrel, quarrelling, contention, murmuring, sedition, scandal; reproof”). Related to Old Frisian kāse (“strife, contention”), Old Saxon caest (“quarrel, dispute”), Old High German kōsa (“speech, story, account”).
Commonly used with the possessive adjective ('my chest', 'his chest') when referring to anatomy.