Nice tea chest finally put away (3)
I believe the answer is:
eat
'put away' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'nice tea chest finally' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
The final letters of 'nice tea chest' are 'EAT'.
(Other definitions for eat that I've seen before include "Use a knife and fork" , "put away" , "Bite, chew and swallow" , "Make food disappear" , "Break bread" .)