drawer

UK /dɹɔː(ɹ)/ US /dɹɔɹ/

noun 2

Definitions

noun

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.

A side panel containing supplementary content.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

deep, shallow

The kitchen had shallow drawers for storing cutlery and napkins.

open

locked

bottom, middle, top

kitchen

desk, dresser, dressing table

cash, cutlery, filing

secret

VERB + DRAWER

open, pull open/out, slide open

He slid open the kitchen drawer to grab a fork for dinner.

close, push in/shut, shut

She closed the kitchen drawer carefully to avoid waking the sleeping baby.

reach into

He reached into the drawer to grab a pen during the meeting.

go through, look through, ransack, rummage in/through

She went through the kitchen drawer looking for a pen.

PREP

from/out of a/the ~

He pulled a clean shirt out of the drawer this morning.

in a/the ~

My keys are in the kitchen drawer next to the phone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an artist skilled at drawing

draftsman

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

top drawer

Of the highest quality.

"How do I look," she said. "How's my ass look? My ass okay?"

write for the drawer

To write a work for posterity or for friends that one cannot publish except as samizdat.

It was a middle-aged intellectual crowd. Publishers who abandoned their writers, writers who wrote for the drawer, artists who had become wealthy by turning Social Realism into kit

Example Bank

He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.

Wiktionary

The step-ins are of two sorts; the knicker combination with open bloomer and chemise top; and circular drawer style, with chemise top and gussets at back and front that give extra width at the bottom.

Wiktionary

Customers in the underwear department at MacDougal-Southwick’s, on the other hand, have evinced quite an interest in the French drawer style, with binding in contrasting color and the separate vests a

Wiktionary

The desk drawer is open.

Tatoeba · #20590

The drawer won't open.

Tatoeba · #27137

Empty the drawer of its contents.

Tatoeba · #27138

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