Meaning & use

drawer

noun·Everyday

A box-shaped storage compartment that slides in and out of a piece of furniture such as a desk.

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He kept his socks neatly folded in the top drawer of the dresser.

She searched every drawer in the kitchen before finally finding the missing scissors.

A note on using this word

Drawer is pronounced with two syllables, unlike 'draw'; the plural 'drawers' can also mean old-fashioned underwear informally.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

An informal, old-fashioned term for a piece of underwear worn on the lower body.

Grandfather still called his underpants his 'drawers,' a term from his childhood.

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