1. [n]  box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
2. [n]  furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
3. [n]  the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

CHEST is a 5 letter word that starts with C.

1. \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,
   cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. {Cist}, {Cistern}.]
   1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
      trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
   
            Heaps of money crowded in the chest.  --Dryden.
   
   2. A coffin. [Obs.]
   
            He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer.
   
   3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone;
      the thorax.
   
   4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,
      are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case
      contains.
   
   5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding
      gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an
      engine; the wind chest of an organ.
   
   {Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}.
   
   {Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing
      drawers.
   
   

2. \Chest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chested}.]
   1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
   
   2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]
   
            He dieth and is chested.              --Gen. 1. 26
                                                  (heading).
   
   

3. \Chest\, n. [AS. ce['a]st.]
   Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
   
   

(Heb. _'aron_, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_ (plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests."