drawer
English

Pronunciation
- (box)
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɹɔː(ɹ)/Category:English 1-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAWER
- (US) IPA(key): /dɹɔɹ/Category:English 1-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAWER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DRAWERAudio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DRAWERAudio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)#DRAWERCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/1 syllable#DRAWER
- Homophone: draw (non-rhotic)Category:English terms with homophones#DRAWER
- (person)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/, (intrusive R) /ˈdɹɔːɹə(ɹ)/Category:English 2-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English 2-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAWER
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/, (intrusive R) /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English 2-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAWER
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#DRAWERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DRAWER
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DRAWERAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɔːə(ɹ)#DRAWER
Etymology 1
From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#DRAWER; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.[1]
Noun
drawer (plural drawers)Category:English lemmas#DRAWERCategory:English nouns#DRAWERCategory:English countable nouns#DRAWERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DRAWERCategory:Pages with entries#DRAWERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DRAWER
- An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- 2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 144:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- (graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface#DRAWER) A side panel containing supplementary content.
- Attributive form of drawers.
- 1918, The Corset and Underwear Review, volume 12, page 74:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 1922, The Underwear & Hosiery Review, volume 5, page 67, column 2:
- 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 also bound in the contrasting color.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 1930 April 26, directed by Amos Parrish, “What’s In Fashion: Underwear For Men”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume XLVI, number 305, Pittsburgh, Pa., page ten, column 4:
- Today men of every age are turning to the athletic pull-over shirt and drawer type of underwear.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 1935 May 4, “Hand-Picked Bargains–from a Store full of them!”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., page 3, column 3:
- Men’s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers / 50c ea. / For the man who wants the shirt-and-drawer type of underwear but, naturally, wants lightweight now.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 1988, Nell DuVall, Domestic Technology: A Chronology of Developments, Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 366:
- Leloir described les calecons, drawer-type undergarment worn by French ladies (wc).Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 2023, Gian Singh Sandhu, Who Are the Sikhs?: An Exploration of the Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions of the Sikh People, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
- The Sikh code of conduct does not restrict how Sikhs dress, except that they must wear kashera (drawer-type, cotton tie-able underwear) and a turban.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Etymology 2
From
Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DRAWERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DRAWER drawer, from draw + -er (agent noun suffix)Category:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#DRAWER. Attested from the 14th century.[2]
Noun
drawer (plural drawers)Category:English lemmas#DRAWERCategory:English nouns#DRAWERCategory:English countable nouns#DRAWERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DRAWERCategory:Pages with entries#DRAWERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DRAWER
- Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
- 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, in NYTimes.com:
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 2014 January 25, Gordon Rayner, “Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team – just don't volunteer to change the light bulbs [online version: Wanted: an enthusiastic and proactive individual to run the Queen’s bath, 24 January 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 9:
- Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath [title] ... [T]he successful applicant for the role of "housekeeping assistant" mus also be prepared for rather less conventional tasks; such as running the Queen's bath and cleaning her priceless antiques.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- An artist who primarily makes drawings.
- (bankingCategory:en:Banking#DRAWER) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
- 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276:
- There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII:
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
- A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.Category:English terms with quotations#DRAWER
- (miningCategory:en:Mining#DRAWER, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#DRAWER) A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.
Synonyms
- draughtsman (definition 2)
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
References
- ↑ drawer, n.2, James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Drawer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- ↑ drawer, n.1 James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Drawer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#DRAWER Category:en:Artists#DRAWERCategory:en:Occupations#DRAWERCategory:en:Furniture#DRAWERCategory:en:Containers#DRAWERMiddle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From drawen + -erCategory:Middle English terms suffixed with -er#DRAWER.
Pronunciation
Noun
drawerCategory:Middle English lemmas#DRAWERCategory:Middle English nouns#DRAWERCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#DRAWERCategory:Pages with entries#DRAWERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DRAWER (plural drawers)
- One who pulls.
Descendants
References
- “drauer(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Middle English#DRAWERCategory:Yola terms derived from Middle English#DRAWER drawer. Equivalent to dra + -erCategory:Yola terms suffixed with -er#DRAWER.
Pronunciation
Noun
drawerCategory:Yola lemmas#DRAWERCategory:Yola nouns#DRAWERCategory:Yola entries with incorrect language header#DRAWERCategory:Pages with entries#DRAWERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DRAWER
- metal pot
References
- Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 161
