Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that draws, especially one that draws an order for the payment of money.
- noun A boxlike compartment in furniture that can be pulled out and pushed in.
- noun Underpants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who draws, as one who takes water from a well, or liquor from a cask; hence, formerly, a waiter.
- noun One who or that which attracts.
- noun One who draws a bill of exchange or an order for the payment of money.
- noun A box-shaped receptacle, as for papers, clothes, etc., fitted into a piece of furniture, as a bureau, a table, a cabinet, etc., in such a manner that access to it is had by drawing or sliding it out horizontally in its guides or frame.
- noun plural An undergarment worn on the legs and lower part of the body by both sexes.
- noun One who draws warp-threads through heddles. preparatory to putting them into the loom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, draws.
- noun One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
- noun One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman.
- noun (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
- noun That which is drawn.
- noun A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
- noun An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
- noun See under
Chest .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An open-topped
box that can be slid in and out of thecabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles. - noun
Agent noun ofdraw ; one whodraws . - noun An
artist who primarily makesdrawings . - noun banking One who writes a bank
draft ,check /cheque , orpromissory note . - noun A
barman ; a man whodraws thebeer from thetaps .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
- noun a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
- noun an artist skilled at drawing
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Examples
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An dis drawer has…unh….unh….*tugs on drawer* oh, confetti!
I no can haz peetsa, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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After my shower I make coffee on one of those space-saving, three-in-one, appliances where the lower "drawer" is a dishwasher, the middle one, an oven, and on top there are the burners.
mother-in-law 2010
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After my shower I make coffee on one of those space-saving, three-in-one, appliances where the lower "drawer" is a dishwasher, the middle one, an oven, and on top there are the burners.
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After my shower I make coffee on one of those space-saving, three-in-one, appliances where the lower "drawer" is a dishwasher, the middle one, an oven, and on top there are the burners.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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After my shower I make coffee on one of those space-saving, three-in-one, appliances where the lower "drawer" is a dishwasher, the middle one, an oven, and on top there are the burners.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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BTW, I still have a letter of reprimand in a dest drawer from a member of the Board of Visitors taking me to task for joining the critics of the president that points out that in private business such things are not allowed.
Tenure and Non-Profits, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Similarly, the drawer is easily cleaned by a hose or in a laundry tub.
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Somewhere in an old stone building at the end of a cobblestone street, in an office without windows and just one 40-watt bulb, in the back of a dusty file cabinet, bottom drawer, is a plan for a Mexican national identity card.
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Wow, comics in the silverware drawer is a new one.
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As an HC, I have to write up people when their drawer is more than $5 off of target.
oroboros commented on the word drawer
Reward in reverse.
July 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word drawer
One who draws; encloseable furniture space.
November 22, 2007