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drawer
[drawr, draw-er]
noun
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn draw out in order to gain access to it.
(used with a plural verb)drawers, an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
a person or thing that draws.
Finance.a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
Metalworking.a person who operates a drawbench.
a tapster.
drawer
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
a person or thing that draws, esp a draughtsman
a person who draws a cheque See draw
a person who draws up a commercial paper
archaica person who draws beer, etc, in a bar
a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out
Other 51Թ Forms
- predrawer noun
- redrawer noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of drawer1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
“Can you imagine leaving your masterpiece locked up in a drawer for almost 40 years?”
Mr Soliman allegedly told officials he left his iPhone hidden in a desk drawer with messages to his family, wife and five children.
Inside there are three mattresses, part of a chest of drawers, and a mirror which reflects sunlight across the floor in front of Siwar, her mother Najwa and her grandmother, Reem.
Things like shoplifting, skipping traffic by impersonating law enforcement and shooting out one’s bottom dentures like a cash-register drawer.
Her kitchen had slate stone tile and an antique wooden table in the middle with drawers all around it.
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