- a person or thing that draws, esp a draughtsman
- a person who draws a cheque
See draw - a person who draws up a commercial paper
- archaic a person who draws beer, etc, in a bar
- /drɔː/ a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
draw•er /drɔr/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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.
- Clothing drawers, [plural] a garment with legs that covers the lower half of the body, esp. an undergarment.
- a person or thing that draws.
draw•er
(drôr for 1, 2; drô′ər for 3–6),USA pronunciation n.
- Furniturea sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
- Clothing drawers, (used with a pl. v.) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
- a person or thing that draws.
- Business[Finance.]a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
- Metallurgya person who operates a drawbench.
- a tapster.
- 1300–50, 1580–90 for def. 1, 1560–70 for def. 2; Middle English; see draw, -er1
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drawer /ˈdrɔːə/ n
'drawer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bottom drawer
- bounce
- delve
- draw
- dummy
- handle
- hope chest
- knob
- lock
- locker
- open
- recourse
- refer
- till
- top drawer
- tray
- bearing rail
- beneath
- brass
- cashdrawer
- cash register
- crisper
- desk
- DR
- draft
- drawerful
- escutcheon
- ferhoodle
- file folder
- glide
- hydrator
- icon
- letter of advice
- lip molding
- overcertify
- Pembroke table
- plunk
- Rd
- redraft
- root
- tug
- underdrawers
- wiredraw
- safe-deposit box
- secret
- section
- stop payment