chest vs hope chest

hope chest vs chest

chest and hope chest both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chest	Yes	No	No	No
hope chest	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hope chest is a hyponym of chest; that is, hope chest is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chest:

chest: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
hope chest: chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage

Other hyponyms of chest include ammunition chest, caisson, cedar chest, coffer, wedding chest, pix, pix chest, pyx, pyx chest, sea chest, tea chest, tool cabinet, tool case, tool chest, toolbox, toy box, toy chest, treasure chest.

chest (noun)	hope chest (noun)
box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy	chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

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