drawer

[ drawr draw-er ]

noun

1. a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn draw out in order to gain access to it.
2. drawers, (used with a plural verb) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
3. a person or thing that draws.
4. Finance. a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
5. Metalworking. a person who operates a drawbench.
6. a tapster.

drawer

/ ˈdrɔːə /

noun

1. a person or thing that draws, esp a draughtsman
2. a person who draws a cheque See draw
3. a person who draws up a commercial paper
4. archaic.
   a person who draws beer, etc, in a bar
5. drɔː a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out

Other Words From

• pre·drawer noun
• re·drawer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawer¹

1300–50, 1580–90 drawer fordef 1, 1560–70 drawer fordef 2; Middle English; draw, -er ¹

Idioms and Phrases

see top drawer .

Example Sentences

It was in a bathroom drawer on the second floor.

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And that drawer, like the house around it, had been reduced to ash.

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When May showed it to Phillips, she said it came from the same drawer as the ring.

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One tip: Wash your greens and veggies and store them wet in their bags in the crisper drawer; keep your mushrooms and berries unwashed and dry in their bags until you use them.

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The pair took car keys from a kitchen drawer and drove off in the couple’s BMW.

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