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Definition of drawer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

  1.  
    /drɔː(r)/
     
    /drɔːr/
     a part of a piece of furniture such as a desk, used for keeping things in. It is like a box in shape and has a handle on the front for pulling it out.
    • in the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk
    • the kitchen drawer (= the one in the kitchen)
    see also app drawer, bottom drawer, chest of drawers, top drawer
    Extra Examples
    • He pushed the drawer shut with a bang.
    • I put the letters in the drawer.
    • She pulled open the second drawer down to find the money had gone.
    • He took the gun from the drawer.
    • What do you think you are doing, rummaging through my drawers?
    • a desk with two deep drawers either side
    Topics Houses and homesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • shallow
    • open
    • …
    verb + drawer
    • open
    • pull open
    • pull out
    • …
    preposition
    • from a/​the drawer
    • out of a/​the drawer
    • in a/​the drawer
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
    /ˈdrɔːə(r)/
     
    /ˈdrɔːər/
     a person who produces a drawing or design
    • He is an expert drawer and painter.
  3.  
    /ˈdrɔːə(r)/
     
    /ˈdrɔːər/
     (formal) a person who writes a cheque (= a printed form that you can write on and sign as a way of paying for something instead of using money)
    • a cheque bearing the signature of the drawer
See drawer in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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