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drawer definition

drawer (drô′ər; for 5, drôr)

noun

  1. a person or thing that draws
  2. Archaic tapster
  3. a person who draws an order for the payment of money
  4. a draftsman
  5. a sliding storage box in a table, bureau, chest, etc., that can be drawn out and then pushed back into place

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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drawer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • shut: Instead, after opening and shutting many drawers, Melanie came across the diary of Miss S L Gleaden.

Adjective modifier

  • basket-style: In natural or white painted willow on a strong wooden frame with basket-style drawers.

Modifies a noun

  • bedside: These two are taller and narrower than the 3 drawer bedside cabinet and the Pot Cupboard & drawer.

Noun used with modifier

  • pull-out: Features include 8mm tempered glass shelf, a pull-out drawer to store your favorite DVD / CD collection & rubber feet.
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drawer quotes

Feminism has become a catch-all vegetable drawer where bunches of clingy sob sisters can store their moldy neuroses.

-Pagels, Heinz R(udolf)

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