Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cupboard used in India; an armoire or wardrobe; a chest of drawers. Also written almyra, almura.
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- noun
Cupboard ,cabinet orchest of drawers .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Linen feels quite wet if it is left unused in the _almirah_, or chest of drawers, for a week.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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Everything seems the same distance -- you and the almirah and the table inside my eyes or miles away.
The Story of the Gadsbys Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Miss Biddums obediently stooped to the lowest shelf of the _almirah_ and unearthed the big paper box in which His Majesty the King kept his dearest possessions.
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Everything seems the same distance -- you and the almirah and the table -- inside my eyes or miles away.
Soldiers Three Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Suman took out Rs five lakh from the almirah, threw bundles of currency notes on the floor and set them on fire.
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According to a senior official, the radioactive substances were put in an almirah by the scrap dealer who was unaware of its radio-activity.
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Her gold jewellery worth about Rs2 lakh was missing from the almirah inside the house,
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An officer said that the lock of the almirah was not broken either.
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Accordingly, he took the replicas of the keys of the cash chest, almirah and the shop shutter and prepared duplicate keys.
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They asked her to give the keys of almirah where valuables and cash were kept.
The Times of India 2010
she commented on the word almirah
Anglo-Indian name for a cupboard, cabinet, press, wardrobe, or chest of drawers.
September 12, 2008
bilby commented on the word almirah
From Arabic.
September 12, 2008