Meaning & use
sea chest
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a sturdy trunk traditionally used by sailors to store personal belongings aboard ship.
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He kept his letters and a worn photograph locked in his sea chest below deck.
The museum displayed an old whaler's sea chest carved with initials and a ship's name.
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Traditionally built with rope handles and a curved lid so it would shed water and slide safely across a rolling deck; usually written as two words, 'sea chest'.
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