almirah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of almirah
1875–80; ≪ Portuguese almario < Latin armārium armarium
Example Sentences
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Among the larger articles of furniture which he allowed to remain was a lofty almirah, on the shelves of which stood long arrays of bottles large and small, containing liquids and powders of various colours.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
There are two thieves hidden behind the almirah.
From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Sunity Devee
Everything seems the same distance—you and the almirah and the table—inside my eyes or miles away.
From Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling
He now remembered that sixteen years before he had put in the almirah an egg he had found in the nest of a toontooni bird.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
No one but the khansaman knew of the secret entrance through the surgery wall, and it had been a happy thought of his to place the almirah against it, and to make the sliding panel.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
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