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. (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.

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

Other Word Forms

• predrawer noun
• redrawer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawer¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

see top drawer.

Example Sentences

"I don't want it to be a doorstop or in the bottom drawer, I want it to be on the mantelpiece."

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Scraps of clothing would be saved in drawers in case relatives could identify them.

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I opened the crisper drawer and pulled out an apple, a sprig of rosemary and sage leaves so soft they felt like velvet.

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There is no trunk in front, but rather a small drawer that you pull out to access the battery.

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Pennies quickly migrate from banks to cash registers to sock drawers, and in the past two months, they have become increasingly hard to find.

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