drawer
NounUS[drawr]/drɔr/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)drawers
- a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and outType of container, storage spacePart of buffet, chest of drawers, chiffonier, deskParts lock
- the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone elseType of money handler, money dealer
- an artist skilled at drawingType of artist, creative personKinds cartoonist, draftswoman, sketcher, pavement artist, draftsman
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
draw′er noun
1. One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. William Shakespeare (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer. (c) Law One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; — the correlative of drawee.
2. That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
Chest of drawers. See under Chest.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54