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Meaning of "chest-on-chest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHEST-ON-CHEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEST-ON-CHEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chest-On-Chest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEST-ON-CHEST

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chest measurement
chest of drawers
chest of viols
chest register
chest specialist
chest voice
Chester
chesterfield
Chesterfieldian
Chesterton
chestful
chestier
chestiest
chestily
chestiness
chestnut

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEST-ON-CHEST

barghest
behest
chest
community chest
farthest
furthest
get something off one´s chest
hest
hope chest
medicine chest
pyx chest
sea chest
slop chest
steam-chest
tea chest
toolchest
toychest
treasure chest
war chest
wind chest

Synonyms and antonyms of chest-on-chest in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «chest-on-chest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEST-ON-CHEST

Find out the translation of chest-on-chest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chest-on-chest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chest-on-chest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胸部的胸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pecho - en - pecho
570 millions of speakers

English

chest-on-chest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाती पर छाती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصدر على اساس الصدر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грудь -на- груди
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peito -a- peito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুকে-অন-বুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poitrine - sur - poitrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dada di dada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brust -on- Brust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チェスト·オン·チェスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가슴 에 - 가슴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dodo ing dada
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngực trên ngực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மார்பு மீது மார்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छाती-ओत-छाती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Göğüs-on-göğüs
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

petto - on - petto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w klatce piersiowej - na piersi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

груди - на - грудях
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piept - pe - piept
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στήθος -on - στήθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bors - op - die bors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bröst - på - bröstet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bryst -on - brystet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chest-on-chest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEST-ON-CHEST»

The term «chest-on-chest» is normally little used and occupies the 117.648 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHEST-ON-CHEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chest-on-chest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEST-ON-CHEST»

Discover the use of chest-on-chest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chest-on-chest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beds and Bedroom Furniture
With its modest proportions and uncluttered design, the chest-on-chest in the top photo at right can easily find a place in most of today's homes. Standing only I in. over S ft. tall, the chest has a friendly, unthreatening scale unlike many of its ^-ft.
Fine Woodworking, Taunton Press, 1997
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New England Furniture at Williamsburg
CHEST-ON-CHEST Massachusetts, Boston or North Shore 1770-90 Mahogany with white pine All secondary wood is white pine; several drawer runners are replacements. There are several minor cracks in and repairs to the case.
Barry A. Greenlaw, 1974
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Making Antique Furniture Reproductions: Instructions and ...
TWENTY-SIX ^Block Cjfront Ghest'on-Ghest THE very impressive-looking Blockfront Chest-on-Chest shown in Fig. 1 is a remarkably handsome and a very useful piece of furniture. The author made the original drawings for this piece of ...
Franklin H. Gottshall, 1994
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Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American ...
In addition to the two Logan chest-on-chests (Plate 4, Figure 3.2), a chest-on- chest owned by the Quaker David Deshler and documented to Thomas Affleck as its maker (Figure 3.3a),83 and one owned by Benjamin Chew, a birthright Friend  ...
Emma Jones Lapsansky, Anne A. Verplanck, 2003
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Makers and Users: American Decorative Arts, 1630-1820, from ...
... The Philadelphia chest-on-chest made between 1765 and 1775 fsee catalogue 1 and figure 12) is a further evolution, More storage needs helped force out the wasted space of high legs, But the Chipstone chest-on- chest was mtensely and ...
Ann Smart Martin, 1999
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Glen Huey's Illustrated Guide to Building Period Furniture: ...
B Block-front chest background, 9 case, 16, 20 drawer dividers, 12-15, 19 drawer runners, 17 drawers, 20-23 feet, 17-18, 19 finishing, 23 hardware and supplies, 11,23 mouldings, 16-17, 18, 19 parts list, 1 1 plan drawing, 10 c Chest on chest ...
Glen Huey, 2006
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American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
See also entries at high chest of drawers; small chest of drawers chest of drawers on stand, form, 253 chest—on-chest, form, 324, 326n6 chest—on-frame ( Connecticut, Guilford-Saybrook area) [cat. no. 107], 187, 220, 239, 240, 241n4, 242, ...
‎2007
8
Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu
Courtesy of Bob and Renotta Thomson Matsumoto Design Chest-on-chest clothing cabinetry seems to be strictly a Meiji-era phenomenon. Relatively few such chests have survived to this day The tansu usually had a chest of three drawers ...
David Jackson, Dane Owen, 2002
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The United States of America
CHEST ON CHEST The Chippendale style flourished in America from about 1755 to 1790. It was named in the nineteenth century for the English furniture designer Thomas Chippendale, who published The Gentleman and Cabinet- Makers ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1987
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Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide
... top w/molded edges above a case w/four long thumb-molded graduated drawers w/butterfly brasses & keyhole escutcheons, molded base raised on heavy scroll-carved ogee bracket feet, late 18th c., 20x291/2", Chippendale chest -on-chest, ...
Kyle Husfloen, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEST-ON-CHEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chest-on-chest is used in the context of the following news items.
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19 Kids And Counting' Duggar Dating System: Top 7 Rules, No …
No Chest-On-Chest Contact. Side Hugs Only! When the Duggars girls are greeting their beaus, they use an innocent side hug to show their ... «Fashion & Style, Jun 15»
2
Commerce Department Removes Restriction on Importation of …
A chest-on-chest is typically a tall chest-of-drawers in two or more sections (or appearing to be in two or more sections), with one or two sections mounted (or ... «Targeted News Service, Jun 15»
3
Doyle New York, New York City
“I went on a shopping spree,” said Weiss, who bought a cherry chest-on-chest, a pair of revival bedsteads, a mahogany dwarf clock, a 9' long ... «Maine Antique Digest, May 15»
4
Hopper, O'Keeffe keep rising in hot art market
Furniture offerings range from a nearly 7-foot Rhode Island-style Chippendale carved mahogany chest-on-chest ($2,000-$4,000) to a pair of ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
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An Important Discovery at Cottone
... a Revolutionary War-era powder horn that made $10,580 and a Massachusetts Chippendale blockfront chest-on-chest that brought $18,975. «Maine Antique Digest, Apr 15»
6
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale
... $14,500)—it comes apart, so it is in fact a chest-on-chest; a rare small tall chest from Maryland with three over two over four drawers (James ... «Maine Antique Digest, Apr 15»
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5 Warrenton homes open for Historic Garden Week
One 18th-century chest-on-chest was made in Fauquier County. While being faithful to the period of the architecture, this is a family home with ... «Fauquier Now, Apr 15»
8
The 2015 Winter Antiques Show
... send a truck back to restock his stand as Arthur Liverant did after he sold highboys, lowboys, a chest-on-chest, paintings, and weathervanes? «Maine Antique Digest, Mar 15»
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Artworks by Renoir, Grandma Moses, Warhol, others will headline …
... a Margolis Federal-style dining table, a pair of Margolis upholstered armchairs, a diminutive Margolis chest-on-chest and a diminutive cherry ... «ArtfixDaily, Mar 15»
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Kinetic sculpture by George Rickey (Am., 1907-2002) sells for …
In the furniture category, an 18th century Massachusetts Chippendale block front chest-on-chest, mahogany, with ogee base and fan carved ... «ArtfixDaily, Mar 15»

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