Oxford Essential Dictionary
drawer
noun
pronunciation
The word drawer sounds like four.
a thing like a box that you can pull out from a cupboard or desk, for example:
There's some paper in the top drawer of my desk.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
drawer
drawer S3 /drɔː $ drɒːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: ⇨ ↑draw1]
1. part of a piece of furniture, such as a desk, that you pull out and push in and use to keep things in:
She took a file from her desk drawer.
The scissors are in the kitchen drawer (=drawer in a piece of kitchen furniture).
top/bottom/right-hand/left-hand drawer
He opened the top drawer of his desk, and took out a brown envelope.
sock/cutlery drawer (=one for keeping socks, or knives, forks etc in) ⇨ ↑bottom drawer, ↑chest of drawers, ↑top-drawer
2. drawers [plural] old-fashioned underwear that women and girls wear between their waist and the tops of their legs SYN knickers
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawer
▪ the top/bottom/middle drawer He opened the bottom drawer and got out a T-shirt.
▪ a desk/table/dresser etc drawer The passports are in my desk drawer.
▪ a kitchen drawer (=in a piece of kitchen furniture) There's some string in that kitchen drawer.
▪ a sock/underwear/cutlery etc drawer (=containing socks, underwear etc) He hid the gun in his sock drawer.
▪ the right-hand/left-hand drawer Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
■ verbs
▪ open a drawer Jonathan opened the drawer and took out a fork.
▪ pull open/pull out a drawer (=open it) He pulled open drawers until he found the papers.
▪ close/shut a drawer She shut the drawer and locked it with a small key.
▪ go through/look through/search through drawers (=try to find something by looking in drawers) I've been through all my drawers and I can't find it.
▪ rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way) Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drawer
drawer [drawer drawers] noun
1. [drɔː(r)] ; [drɔːr] a part of a piece of furniture such as a desk, used for keeping things in. It is shaped like a box 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 chest of drawers, top drawer
2. [ˈdrɔːə(r)] ; [ˈdrɔːər] (formal) a person who writes a cheque
• a cheque bearing the signature of the drawer
Example Bank:
• He pushed the drawer shut with a bang.
• He put the letters in the drawer.
• She pulled open the second drawer down to find the money had gone.
• She reached into the drawer and found the key to the safe.
• She 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
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
drawer / drɔː r / / drɑː / noun [ C ] (FURNITURE)
A2 a box-shaped container, without a top, that is part of a piece of furniture. It slides in and out to open and close and is used for keeping things in:
I keep my socks in the bottom drawer.
He rummaged through his desk drawer trying to find a pen.
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
drawer
/drɔ:ə(r)/
(drawers)
1.
A drawer is part of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture that is shaped like a box and is designed for putting things in. You pull it towards you to open it.
He opened a drawer in his writing-table.
N-COUNT
2.
see also chest of drawers
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drawer
draw·er /ˈdrɑːɚ/ noun, pl -ers
1 [count] : a box that slides into and out of a piece of furniture (such as a desk) and that is used to store things
• the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk/dresser
• There are some pens in my desk drawer.
• a sock/cash drawer [=a drawer for storing socks/cash]
- see picture at office; see also chest of drawers
2 drawers [plural] old-fashioned + humorous : underwear for the lower part of the body
• He stood there in only his drawers.
- often used informally in the phrase drop your drawers
• At least the doctor didn't make me drop my drawers. [=pull down my underpants]