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sea chests

sea chests is the plural of sea chest.

Meaning of sea chest

Noun

sea chest (plural sea chests)

  1. A box or case used to store a sailor's property.
    • I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow — a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, […]1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    seaman's chest
  2. A recess in the hull of a ship, usually rectangular or cylindrical.

Questions about sea chests

What is sea chests the plural of?
Sea chests is the plural of sea chest.

Words near sea chests in the dictionary

  1. sea charts
  2. sea chervil
  3. sea chest
  4. sea chestnut
  5. sea chestnuts
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  8. sea chickweeds
  9. sea chub
  10. sea chubs
  11. sea clam

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