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drawer

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draw·er  (drôr)
n.
1. One that draws, especially one that draws an order for the payment of money.
2. also (drôr) A boxlike compartment in furniture that can be pulled out and pushed in.
3. drawers (drôrz) Underpants.

drawer
Noun
1. a sliding box-shaped part of a piece of furniture used for storage
2. a person or thing that draws
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.drawerdrawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
buffet, sideboard, counter - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
chest of drawers, dresser, bureau, chest - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
chiffonier, commode - a tall elegant chest of drawers
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
desk - a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
lock - a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
storage space - the area in any structure that provides space for storage
2.drawer - the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money
3.drawer - an artist skilled at drawing
artist, creative person - a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
cartoonist - a person who draws cartoons
pavement artist - someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)
sketcher - someone who draws sketches
Translations
drawer [drɔːʳ] ncajón m [of cheque] → librador(a) m/f

drawer [drɔːʳ] ntiroir m [ˈdrɔːəʳ] [of cheque] → tireur m

drawer [drɔːʳ] draw nSchublade f

drawer [drɔːʳ] ncassetto [ˈdrɔːəʳ] [of cheque] → riscuotitore/trice

drawer
n drawer [droː]
a sliding box without a lid which fits into a chest, table etc the bottom drawer of my desk. laai جارور، دُرْج чекмедже zásuvka skuffe die Schublade συρτάρι cajón sahtel کشو laatikko tiroir מְגֵירָה दराज ladica fiók laci skúffa cassetto 引き出し 서랍 stalčius atvilktne laci la skuff szuflada gaveta sertar (выдвижной) ящик zásuvka predal fioka utdragslåda ลิ้นชัก çekmece 抽屜 шухляда دراز ngăn kéo


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I found it, with the scrap-book and the newspaper cuttings, under a collection of empty boxes and bottles, in a drawer of the washhand-stand.
The long drawer under Borckman's bunk caught his eye.
As he went, he struck upon a drawer left open in the business table.
 
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