A tea chest is a large wooden box in which tea is packed when it is exported. People also usetea chests for putting things in when they move from one house to another.
[British]
tea chest in British English
(tiː tʃɛst)
noun
British
a large wooden box in which tea is packed when it is exported. People also use tea chests for putting things in when they move from one house to another
Americans protesting at the British tax on tea dumped tea chests into the harbour.
Nothing to do but unpack the tea chests.
Examples of 'tea chest' in a sentence
tea chest
The tea chests used today weigh about 100 pounds.
Wild, Anthony The East India Company Book of Tea (1994)