kist
/kɪst/
noun
- A chest or box, especially one used for storing clothes, valuables, or household items.
- He opened the kist to find letters and photographs from his ancestors.
- The family heirlooms were stored in a large kist in the attic.
- She kept her grandmother's quilts in an old wooden kist.
- A stone-lined burial chamber or coffin, especially from ancient times.
- Archaeologists discovered a Bronze Age kist containing human remains.
- Inside the kist, they found pottery and tools buried with the dead.
- The ancient kist was made of flat stones and covered with earth.