Usually means: Storage for future marital essentials.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word hope chest:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. hope chest: Merriam-Webster
  2. hope chest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hope chest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hope chest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hope chest: Vocabulary.com
  6. hope chest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hope chest: Wiktionary
  8. hope chest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hope chest: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hope chest: Dictionary.com
  11. Hope chest (disambiguation), Hope chest, The Hope Chest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. hope chest: Rhymezone
  13. hope chest: FreeDictionary.org
  14. hope chest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. hope chest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hope Chest: TheFurniture.com

(Note: See hope_chests as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hope chest)

noun:  A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.

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