Dictionary Definition
drawer
Noun
1 a boxlike container in a piece of furniture;
made so as to slide in and out
2 the person who writes a check or draft
instructing the drawee to pay someone else
3 an artist skilled at drawing [syn: draftsman]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
drawer (plural: drawers)Derived terms
Translations
open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing
one who draws something
one who writes a bank draft, check/cheque or
promissory note
- German: Aussteller
- Persian: نويسنده چِك، كسي كه چِك كِشيده(nevisandeye check)
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Extensive Definition
A drawer is a piece of furniture that is most often
shaped as a short, wide topless box and is used for storage. It is
generally stored within another, larger piece of furniture (such as
a dresser), and may be pulled out from it partway to access its
contents, as in a chest of
drawers. Many drawers have pulls, handles, or knobs to facilitate pulling them
out from the enclosure.
Most older or inexpensive furniture and cabinets
use wooden sliders, upon which the drawer slides as it is opened or
closed. Wood slides are lubricated with paraffin
wax. Newer furniture and cabinets may use plastic friction sliders, or
more elaborate bearings
sliders, which will provide smoother operation with less
binding.
See also
drawer in Catalan: Calaix
drawer in German: Schublade
drawer in Spanish: Cajón
drawer in French: Tiroir
drawer in Polish: Szuflada
drawer in Portuguese: Gaveta
drawer in Sicilian: Casciuni
drawer in Simple English: Drawer
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
architectural draftsman, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, caricaturist, cartoonist, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, crate, crayonist, crib, cupboard, delineator, depository, depot, dock, draftsman, dump, exchequer, glory hole,
godown, hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, pastelist, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, shelf, stack, stack room, stock room,
storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, supply base, supply
depot, tank, treasure
house, treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine
cellar