0 a large wooden box used first for storing tea and after that for other things, especially when someone is moving from one house to another
The conventional tea chest is a case with riveted metal edges, of approximate size 500x500x750 millimetres.
A police officer then told how he had found the torso in a tea chest, which was then displayed, complete with blood stains.
If the people who move into the houses are to do other than sit on empty tea chests, they will buy more furniture.
It was not so long ago that tea chests were used in the manufacture of furniture.
The larger varieties were known as tea chests.
The wood is also used for manufacturing tea chests and general purpose plywood, blackboards, frame core and cross bands of flushdoor shutters.
For all practical purposes, both hold similar internal volumes, but tea chests are designed for shipping over the open ocean.
Tea chests were one-trip affairs, so they were generally sold for non-food use.
