drawer

American  

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /

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. (used with a plural verb) drawers, 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.

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drawer British  

/ 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. a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out

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drawer Idioms  

1. see top drawer.

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Other Word Forms

• predrawer noun
• redrawer noun

Etymology

Origin of drawer

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

Example Sentences

I stash my diploma and award certificates inside a desk drawer where I won’t have to look at them, and I slide the duplicate Emily Dickinson book onto my highest bookshelf.

From Literature

We left her hunting through the cabinet drawers, one by one.

From Literature

Hannie was emptying her bag and changing her clothes, pulling drawers out roughly and slamming them hard as she closed them.

From Literature

She pores over a drawer of unorganized jewelry to find the right piece.

From Salon

A chest of drawers “played back and forth with inconceivable rapidity.”

From Literature