deep-chested

1. 1.

   thick in the chest

   “a deep-chested breed of dog”

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Questions about deep-chested

What does deep-chested mean?

deep-chested means "thick in the chest".

How many syllables are in deep-chested?

deep-chested has 3 syllables and divides as deep--che-sted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is deep-chested a common word?

deep-chested is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.