drawer

Meaning

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
A side panel containing supplementary content.
Attributive form of drawers.

glove compartment

✍️🧑‍🦱

sliding box

drawing country

draw-off

check drawer

chest of drawers

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹɔː(ɹ)/

Cognate with French

tiroir

Inherited from Middle English

drawer

In summary

From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.

New

draw

1. To pull or exert force.
2. To pull or exert force.
3. To pull or exert force.
4. To pull or exert force.
5. To pull or exert force.
6. To pull or exert force.
7. To pull or exert force.
8. To pull or exert force.
9. To pull or exert force.
10. To pull or exert force.
11. To pull or exert force.
12. To pull or exert force.
13. To pull or exert force.
14. To pull or exert force.
15. To pull or exert force.
16. To pull or exert force.
17. To pull or exert force.
18. To attract, exert an influence on.
19. To attract, exert an influence on.
20. To attract, exert an influence on.
21. To attract, exert an influence on.
22. To attract, exert an influence on.
23. To attract, exert an influence on.
24. To attract, exert an influence on.
25. (obsolete) To extend, protract.
26. To extend, protract.
27. To extend, protract.
28. To extend, protract.
29. To extend, protract.
30. To move, travel, approach.
31. To move, travel, approach.
32. To move, travel, approach.
33. To move, travel, approach.
34. To extract, remove, select.
35. To extract, remove, select.
36. To extract, remove, select.
37. To extract, remove, select.
38. To extract, remove, select.
39. To extract, remove, select.
40. To extract, remove, select.
41. To extract, remove, select.
42. To extract, remove, select.
43. (obsolete) To extract, remove, select.
44. To extract, remove, select.
45. To extract, remove, select.
46. To extract, remove, select.
47. To extract, remove, select.
48. To extract, remove, select.
49. To obtain, elicit.
50. To obtain, elicit.
51. To obtain, elicit.
52. To obtain, elicit.
53. To obtain, elicit.
54. To represent.
55. To represent.
56. To represent.
57. To represent.
58. To represent.

New

drawers

plural of drawer

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