drawer

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɔːr/, /ˈdrɔːər/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/drɔr/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drôr for 1, 2; drôər for 36)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
draw•er /drɔr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Furniturea sliding horizontal container, such as in a file cabinet, that may be drawn out or pushed back in:He opened the drawer of his file cabinet and pulled out the papers he needed.
  2. Clothing drawers, [plural] a garment with legs that covers the lower half of the body, esp. an undergarment.
  3. a person or thing that draws.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
draw•er  (drôr for 1, 2; drôər for 3–6),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Furniturea sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
  2. Clothing drawers, (used with a pl. v.) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
  3. a person or thing that draws.
  4. Business[Finance.]a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
  5. Metallurgya person who operates a drawbench.
  6. a tapster.
  • 1300–50, 1580–90 for def. 1, 1560–70 for def. 2; Middle English; see draw, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
drawer /ˈdrɔːə/ n
  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. /drɔː/ a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out
'drawer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a [chest, set, unit] of drawers, the [bottom, top, middle, first, second] drawer, in the [first] drawer on the [right, left], more...

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