sea chest
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7.0
- noun
- /siː tʃɛst/
:
baúl de marinero
- She opened her grandfather's sea chest and discovered letters from his time at sea.
Examples
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He pulled a black sea chest from under his berth.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sailor stored his clothes and personal items in a sturdy sea chest on the ship.
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Go to my sea chest!
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From the sea chest, remember?
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Help me open his sea chest before his mate returns.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's my old sea chest them lubbers are after!
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Lady Mary, do you think that sea chest could have come from your shipwreck?
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You can't take your sea chest, missus.
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She opened Billy's sea chest.
Fiction book (1998) -
Before he left for the voyage, he packed his sea chest with everything he needed.
Synonyms
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7.1
A long round bag with a drawstring used by sailors to carry clothes and personal items
How Sturdy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sailor's sturdy storage chest for keeping personal belongings while at sea' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sea' (large body of saltwater) with 'chest' (a sturdy box). This noun–noun compound indicates purpose/location in a common, compositional way that a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand.
Etymology
The compound sea chest is literally a wooden chest used at sea by sailors to keep clothes and small valuables safe under their bunk. Because sailors kept their things in these locked boxes on long trips, the term now means 'a sailor's storage chest'.