almirah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of almirah
1875–80; ≪ Portuguese almario < Latin armārium armarium
Example Sentences
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Everything seems the same distance—you and the almirah and the table—inside my eyes or miles away.
From Soldiers Three by Rudyard Kipling
The almirah with its contents must have weighed 50 stones.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by S. Mukerji
Looking round as if to make sure even now that no one was observing him, he slid a portion of the back of the almirah aside, disclosing the stone wall of the room.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
He heard a laugh, and in Minghal's loud tones the word "almirah."
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
Looking through this latter, Ahmed saw the medicine-room of which the darwan had spoken; the bottles stood in array on the shelves of a large almirah.
From Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang
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