drawer en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈdɹɔːɹə(ɹ)/ (UK) intrusive R
- /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/ (US) intrusive R
- /dɹɔː(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/ cot–caught merger, father-bother merger
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- /dɹɔɹ/ (US)
- /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
- /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English drawen English draw Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English drawer From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.
Meanings
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An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
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.
2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 144:
- A side panel containing supplementary content.
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(attributive, form-of) Attributive form of drawers.
form of drawers
Today men of every age are turning to the athletic pull-over shirt and drawer type of underwear.
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: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.
2023, Gian Singh Sandhu, Who Are the Sikhs?: An Exploration of the Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions of the Sikh People, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN: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.
1922, The Underwear & Hosiery Review, volume 5, page 67, column 2:Leloir described les calecons, drawer-type undergarment worn by French ladies (wc).
1988, Nell DuVall, Domestic Technology: A Chronology of Developments, Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 366: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.
1918, The Corset and Underwear Review, volume 12, page 74: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.
1935 May 4, “Hand-Picked Bargains–from a Store full of them!”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., page 3, column 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| drawers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
drawerlike · hewers of wood and drawers of water · drawerknob · drawerless · kitchen drawer · Dirichlet's drawer principle · tidy one's sock drawer · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · top drawer · knick-knack drawer · drawerful · drawered · second-drawer · chest of drawers · codrawer · desk drawer · warming drawer
Descendants
drowor · দেরাজ · drôr · ਦਰਾਜ਼ · दराज़
Translations (136)
es cajón (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · vi hộc (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ar جَارُور (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · cy drôr (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · pt gaveta (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ce яьшка (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · aii ܡܲܓܪܫܬܵܐ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · cdo 屜 /屉 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · fy laad (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · uk шухля́да (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hrx Schupplatt (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ja 引出し (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · th เก๊ะ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nl lade (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · eo tirkesto (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · et sahtel (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ka უჯრა (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · tg ғаладон (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ja 引き出し (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ne घर्रा (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · aeb درج (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · tr çekmece (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · yi שופֿלאָד (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · az sürmə (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lv atvilktne (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn шургуулга (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · it cassetto (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · my အံဆွဲ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nl la (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lo ລີ້ນຕູ້ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · tr göz (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · so dhaansha (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · scn casciuni (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ur دراز (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sh фио́ка (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · cmn 抽屜 /抽屉 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · acw دُرج (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hsb bidmo (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sq sirtar (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · my အံ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · vi ngăn kéo (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hy դարակ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · be шуфля́да (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · gl caixón (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · wuu 抽屜 /抽屉 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · is skúffa (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · pl szuflada (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lt stalčius (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · be шуфля́дка (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · fr tiroir (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sh ла̀дица (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lo ລີ້ນ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · cs šuplík (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nrf halaeux (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · es gaveta (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mnc ᡨᠠᡨᠠᡴᡡ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hi ड्रॉअर (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mi toroa (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · uk висувни́й я́щик (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · arz درج (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ro sertar (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · tt тартма (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · my ဆွဲအံ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · fa کشو (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · th ลิ้นชัก (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · he מגירה (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lb Tirang (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · he מְגֵרָה (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sq heqëse (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ky тартма (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ky суурма (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ms anak meja (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hu fiók (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · alt тарткыш (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nb skuff (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · pdt Schuflod (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mk фио́ка (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sh fióka (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · yue 櫃桶 /柜桶 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · te సొరుగు (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nn skuff (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nn skuffe (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · csb szëflôda (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn ᠲᠠᠲᠠᠭᠤᠷ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sh làdica (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ca calaix (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn ᠰᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭᠤᠯ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · afb درج (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ru я́щик (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · uz gʻaladon (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · io tirkesto (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · az siyirtmə (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn татуур (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · fi vetolaatikko (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ba тартма (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · de Schublade (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · la loculus (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sk zásuvka (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · tl sulong (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nan-hbl 屜 /屉 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · fi laatikko (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ug تارتما (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn ᠰᠢᠷᠭᠤᠤᠯᠭᠠ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · vo layet (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · gu ખાનું (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · alt тарткы (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · hi दराज़ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ko 서랍 (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nl schuif (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sv byrålåda (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · lo ລີ້ນຊັກ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · gl gaveta (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ms laci (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ar دُرْج (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mn шургуул (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · uz tortma (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · af laai (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · cs zásuvka (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · el συρτάρι (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sv låda (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · nb skuffe (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · da skuffe (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · bg чекмедже́ (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · id laci (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · ru выдвижно́й я́щик (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sl predal (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · km ថត (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · az siyirmə (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sq syzë (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · kmr berkêşk (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · kk тартпа (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · mi hautō (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · oc tirador (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · sk šuplík (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · uli drowor (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing) · alt шкаф (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)