| trouble difficulty | an effort that is inconvenient, I went to a lot of trouble, he won without any trouble, had difficulty walking, finished the test only with great difficulty |
| caisson ammunition chest | a chest to hold ammunition |
| cedar chest | a chest made of cedar |
| chest | box with a lid, used for storage, usually large and sturdy |
chest of drawers
chest bureau
dresser | furniture with drawers for keeping clothes |
| chest protector | protective garment consisting of a pad worn in baseball by catchers and by football players |
cooler
ice chest | a refrigerator for cooling liquids |
hope chest
wedding chest | chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage |
medicine chest
medicine cabinet | cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries |
pyx pix pyx chest
pix chest | a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay |
| sea chest | a sailor's storage chest for personal property |
| slop chest | commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew |
| steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
| tea chest | chest for storing or transporting tea |
toolbox
tool chest
tool cabinet
tool case | a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools |
toy box
toy chest | chest for storage of toys |
| treasure chest | a chest filled with valuables |
chest register
chest voice
chest tone | the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing |
female chest
bust | the chest of a woman |
| male chest | the chest of a man |
thorax chest
pectus | the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
chest cavity
thoracic cavity | the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart |
| breast chest | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen, he beat his breast in anger |
trouble
problem | a source of difficulty, one trouble after another delayed the job, what's the problem? |
| trouble | an event causing distress or pain, what is the trouble?, heart trouble |
fuss
trouble bother
hassle | an angry disturbance, he didn't want to make a fuss, they had labor trouble, a spot of bother |
worry
trouble | a strong feeling of anxiety, his worry over the prospect of being fired, it is not work but worry that kills, he wanted to die and end his troubles |
| community chest | a charity supported by individual subscriptions, defrays the demands on a community for social welfare |
troublemaker
trouble maker
troubler
mischief-maker
bad hat | someone who deliberately stirs up trouble |
troubleshooter
trouble shooter | a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) |
| war chest | a fund accumulated to finance a war (or a political campaign) |
| trouble | an unwanted pregnancy, he got several girls in trouble |
| chest pain | pain in the chest |
trouble
ail pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
trouble-shoot
troubleshoot | solve problems, He is known to be good at trouble-shooting |
ask for it
ask for trouble | persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble, He is asking for trouble with his behavior |
perturb
unhinge
disquiet
trouble
cark
distract disorder | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed, She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill |
disturb
upset
trouble | move deeply, This book upset me, A troubling thought |
trouble oneself
trouble bother
inconvenience oneself | take the trouble to do something, concern oneself, He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday, Don't bother, please |
trouble
put out
inconvenience disoblige
discommode
incommode
bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to, Sorry to trouble you, but... |
| trouble-free | without problems or difficulties, NASA reported a trouble-free launch |