hope chest

1. A piece of furniture used to store household items such as clothing and linens. The antique store had a beautiful cedar hope chest that would be a perfect addition to my bedroom furniture.

2. A young woman's collection of household items to use in her home after marriage. Sarah collected linens and sheets for her hope chest in anticipation of her new life as a married woman.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pius	PIE-əs (English)	Late Roman
Klara	KLAH-rah (German, Russian, Polish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian
Dolph	DAHLF	English
Marian (2)	MAHR-yahn (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Romanian
Tatyanna	ta-TYAN-ə	English (Modern)
Govind	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada