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barrel chests

barrel chests is the plural of barrel chest.

Meaning of barrel chest

Noun

barrel chest (plural barrel chests)

  1. A robust chest, often correlated with ample physical strength and endurance, especially among people raised at high altitudes.
    • There, standing shirtless next to the turquoise pool in the courtyard, was the most masculine human being I had ever seen in my life: broad shoulders, barrel chest (with the perfect amount of hair, of course), and powerful thighs.2024 October 2, Kit Jannar, “My Hetero Hunk of a French Lover Asked Me to F*ck Him Like a Woman”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. A deep and somewhat misshapen chest, sometimes associated with emphysema.

Questions about barrel chests

What is barrel chests the plural of?
Barrel chests is the plural of barrel chest.

Words near barrel chests in the dictionary

  1. barrel bulk
  2. barrel bulks
  3. barrel cacti
  4. barrel cactus
  5. barrel chest
  6. barrel chests
  7. barrel child
  8. barrel children
  9. barrel distortion
  10. barrel drum
  11. barrel drums

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