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war chests

war chests is the plural of war chest.

Meaning of war chest

Noun

war chest (plural war chests)

  1. A fund to finance a war.
    • […]the holdings of the state (the war chest plus other cash balances)[…]2003, Hew Strachan, The First World War, Oxford University Press
  2. (broadly) A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign.

Questions about war chests

What is war chests the plural of?
War chests is the plural of war chest.

Words near war chests in the dictionary

  1. war cake
  2. war cakes
  3. war cemeteries
  4. war cemetery
  5. war chest
  6. war chests
  7. war chief
  8. war chiefs
  9. war child
  10. war children
  11. war club

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