unchest

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verb

To remove from a chest.

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Meanings

verbunchest (third-person singular simple present unchests, present participle unchesting, simple past and past participle unchested)

present singular third person unchests · participle present unchesting · participle past unchested · past unchested

  1. raretransitiveTo remove from a chest.

    In the Christmas holidays I unchested the chested books, and put them into the drawing-room, where they are often aired by good fires.

    1905, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, page 94
    1 more example

    [He] greeted Blowitz with warmth and apologized for having failed in his joint request with Hohenlohe to get Bismarck to unchest the Treaty.

    1974, Frank Giles, A Prince of Journalists, page 110

Origin

From un- + chest.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chesnut
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APA

unchest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchest

MLA

“unchest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchest.

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