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dresser

dresser [noun] (FURNITURE)
US /ˈdres.ɚ/ 
UK /ˈdres.ər/ 
Example: 

There was a small dresser in the corner of the bedroom.

A piece of bedroom furniture with drawers, usually with a mirror on top, used especially for keeping clothes in 

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

There was a small dresser in the corner of the bedroom.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

dresser

dresser /ˈdresə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑dress, ↑dresser, ↑dressing; adjective: ↑dressed ≠ ↑undressed, ↑dressy; verb: ↑dress ≠ ↑undress]
1. British English a large piece of furniture with open shelves for storing plates, dishes etc SYN Welsh dresser
2. American English a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes, sometimes with a mirror on top SYN chest of drawers British English
3. a fashionable/stylish/sloppy etc dresser someone who dresses in a fashionable etc way:
Stanley was an impeccable dresser.
4. someone who takes care of someone’s clothes, especially an actor’s in the theatre, and helps them to dress

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dresser

dress·er [dresser dressers]   [ˈdresə(r)]    [ˈdresər]  noun

1. (also ˌWelsh ˈdresser) (BrE) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc.

2. (NAmE) =  chest of drawers

3. (used with an adjective) a person who dresses in the way mentioned

a snappy dresser
4. (in a theatre) a person whose job is to take care of an actor's clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed
See also: Welsh dresser  
Word Origin:
senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (denoting a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared): from Old French dresseur, from dresser ‘prepare’, based on Latin directus ‘direct, straight’.  
Example Bank:
I put the kettle on and took two cups and saucers down from the dresser.
The china display in her dresser was all blue and white.

There was a small dresser in the corner of the bedroom.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

dresser     / dres.ə r /      / -ɚ /   noun   [ C ]   (FURNITURE) 
  
      UK   a tall piece of furniture with cupboards below and shelves on the top half:  
  a kitchen dresser 
    A2   US   a piece of bedroom furniture with drawers, usually with a mirror on top, used especially for keeping clothes in 

 

dresser / ˈdres.ə r /   / -ɚ / noun [ C ] (CLOTHES)

used in phrases that describe the type of clothes that someone wears:

She was always a very stylish dresser.

He's a very snappy (= stylish and modern) dresser.

specialized a person who works in the theatre or in films, helping the actors to put on their clothes

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

dresser

/dresə(r)/
(dressers)

1.
A dresser is a chest of drawers, usually with a mirror on the top. (AM; in BRIT, use dressing table)
N-COUNT

2.
A dresser is a piece of furniture which has cupboards or drawers in the lower part and shelves in the top part. It is usually used for storing china. (mainly BRIT)
N-COUNT

3.
You can use dresser to refer to the kind of clothes that a person wears. For example, if you say that someone is a smart dresser, you mean that they wear smart clothes.
N-COUNT: adj N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

dresser
dress·er /ˈdrɛsɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count]
1 : a person who dresses in a particular way
• She is a stylish/sloppy dresser.
2 US : a piece of furniture that has drawers for storing clothes : chest of drawers
3 Brit : hutch 1

- see also hairdresser window dresser

closet

closet [noun]
US /ˈklɑː.zət/ 
UK /ˈklɒz.ɪt/ 
Example: 

She hung my overcoat in the closet

A cupboard or a small room with a door, used for storing things, especially clothes

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

She hung my overcoat in the closet

Oxford Essential Dictionary

closet

 noun (American)
a space in a wall with a door that reaches the ground, used for storing clothes, shoes, etc.:
a walk-in closet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

closet

I. closet1 S3 /ˈklɒzət, ˈklɒzɪt $ ˈklɑː-, ˈklɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: clos 'enclosed place', from Latin clausum, from clausus; ⇨ ↑close2]
1. especially American English a cupboard built into the wall of a room from the floor to the ceiling ⇨ wardrobe:
a closet full of beautiful clothes
2. come out of the closet
a) to tell people that you are ↑homosexual after hiding the fact SYN come out
b) to admit something or to start to discuss something that was kept secret before
3. be in the closet American English informal to not tell people that you are ↑homosexual
⇨ ↑water closet, ⇨ a skeleton in the closet at ↑skeleton(5)
II. closet2 BrE AmE adjective
closet homosexual/alcoholic etc someone who is a ↑homosexual etc but who does not want to admit it:
a closet communist
III. closet3 BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
to shut someone in a room away from other people in order to discuss something private, to be alone etc
be closeted with somebody
All morning he’d been closeted with various officials.
Don’t let her closet herself away in her room.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

closet

closet [closet closets closeted closeting] noun, adjective, verb   [ˈklɒzɪt]    [ˈklɑːzət] 

noun (especially NAmE)
a small room or a space in a wall with a door that reaches the floor, used for storing things
a walk-in closet

compare  cupboard, wardrobe 
see also  water closet
see also  come out  (10), see a skeleton in the cupboard/closet at  skeleton  
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a private or small room): from Old French, diminutive of clos ‘closed’, from Latin claudere ‘to shut’.  
Thesaurus:
closet noun C (especially AmE)
a walk-in closet for her clothes
cupboardwardrobepantrycabinetunit
walk-in closet/cupboard/wardrobe/pantry
built-in closet/cupboard/wardrobe
wall/storage/kitchen closet/cupboard/cabinet/unit 
Example Bank:
He searched his closet for something to wear.
He went to the closet and pulled out a suit.
Her closet was filled with black clothes.
I picked a shirt from the closet.
I raided Bob's closet for something to wear.
More public figures are finding the courage to come out of the closet.
They were hoping to find some skeletons in his closet.
clothes hanging in the closet
It's about time I cleared out this closet.
• She has a walk-in closet for all her clothes.

Idiom: come out of the closet 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

closet     / klɒz.ɪt /      / klɑ.zɪt /   noun   [ C ]   mainly  US 
  
    A2     a cupboard or a small room with a door, used for storing things, especially clothes:  
  a bedroom/linen/storage closet 

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

closet

/klɒzɪt/
(closets)

1.
A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things. (AM; in BRIT, use cupboard)
N-COUNT

2.
A closet is a very small room for storing things, especially one without windows. (AM; also BRIT OLD-FASHIONED)
N-COUNT

3.
Closet is used to describe a person who has beliefs, habits, or feelings which they keep secret, often because they are embarrassed about them. Closet is also used of their beliefs, habits, or feelings.
He is a closet Fascist.
ADJ: ADJ n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1clos·et /ˈklɑːzət/ noun, pl -ets
1 [count] chiefly US : a usually small room that is used for storing things (such as clothing, towels, or dishes)
• The sheets and blankets are in the hall closet.
• He has a closet full of new clothes.
• broom/coat closets
• a walk-in closet [=a large closet usually for clothes]
- see also water closet
2 [noncount] : a state in which someone will not talk about something or admit something especially; : a state in which someone will not admit being a homosexual - usually used in the phrases in the closet or out of the closet
• He's still in the closet. [=he has not told people that he is gay]
• She came out of the closet in college.
skeleton in the/your closet

cabinet

cabinet [furniture]
US /ˈkæb.ən.ət/ 
UK /ˈkæb.ɪ.nət/ 
Example: 

kitchen cabinets

A piece of furniture with doors and shelves or drawers that is used for storing things or for showing attractive objects

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

kitchen cabinets

Oxford Essential Dictionary

cabinet

 noun

1 (plural cabinets) a piece of furniture that you can keep things in:
a bathroom cabinet
a filing cabinet (= one that you use in an office to keep documents in)

2 the Cabinet (no plural) a group of the most important people in the government

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

cabinet

cabinet S2 W2 /ˈkæbənət, ˈkæbɪnət/ noun [countable]
 [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: 'small room', from Old North French cabine 'room for gambling']
 1. (also Cabinet) [also + plural verb] British English the politicians with important positions in a government who meet to make decisions or advise the leader of the government:
   • a cabinet meeting
   • a member of the Cabinet Shadow Cabinet at shadow3(2)
 2.

   a piece of furniture with doors and shelves or drawers, used for storing or showing things SYN cupboard:
   • the medicine cabinet
  ⇨ filing cabinet
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS■ cabinet + NOUN

   ▪ a cabinet meetingA cabinet meeting will consider the government's environmental policies.
   ▪ a cabinet member/a member of the cabinetTwo senior cabinet members have resigned.
   ▪ a cabinet ministerCabinet ministers voted against the proposal.
   ▪ a cabinet reshuffle (=when members of a cabinet are given a different job)Putin promoted his Defence Minister in a surprising cabinet reshuffle.
   ▪ a cabinet post (=a job in a cabinet)She accepted a cabinet post with the new Conservative government.

■ verbs

   ▪ appoint a cabinetThe Prime Minister appoints the cabinet.
   ▪ form a cabinetMinisters remain in office until a new cabinet is formed.
   ▪ join a cabinetLee was considered a likely candidate to join the cabinet.
   ▪ the cabinet meetsThe cabinet will meet again on April 30th.

■ adjectives

   ▪ the inner cabinet (=only the most important members)He was a member of Howard's inner cabinet.
   ▪ the full cabinet (=all the members)There was a meeting of the full cabinet.
   ▪ the shadow cabinet (=the most important members of the opposition party)He joined the shadow cabinet as transport spokesman.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cabinet

cab·inet [cabinet cabinets]   [ˈkæbɪnət]    [ˈkæbɪnət]  noun

1. (usually the Cabinet) countable + singular or plural verb a group of chosen members of a government, which is responsible for advising and deciding on government policy

• a cabinet meeting

• (BrE) a cabinet minister

• (BrE) the shadow Cabinet (= the most important members of the opposition party)

2. countable a piece of furniture with doors, drawers and/or shelves, that is used for storing or showing things

• kitchen cabinets

• a medicine cabinet

• The china was displayed in a glass cabinet.

see also  filing cabinet 

 

Word Origin:

mid 16th cent.: from cabin  + -et, influenced by French cabinet.

 

Culture:

the Cabinet

In Britain, the Cabinet is a committee responsible for deciding government policy and for coordinating the work of government departments. It consists of about 20 ministers chosen by the Prime Minister and meets for a few hours each week at Downing Street. Its members are bound by oath not to talk about the meetings. Reports are sent to government departments but these give only summaries of the topics discussed and decisions taken. They do not mention who agreed or disagreed. The principle of collective responsibility means that the Cabinet acts unanimously (= all together), even if some ministers do not agree. When a policy has been decided, each minister is expected to support it publicly or resign. In recent years, prime ministers have changed the members of their Cabinet quite often in Cabinet reshuffles. Some members are dropped, new ones are brought in, and the rest are given new departmental responsibilities.

The leader of the main opposition party forms a shadow cabinet of shadow ministers, each with a particular area of responsibility, so that there is a team ready to take over immediately if the party in power should be defeated.

Committees are appointed by the Cabinet to examine issues in more detail than the Cabinet has time for. Members of these committees are not necessarily politicians. The Cabinet Office led by the Secretary to the Cabinet, the most senior civil servant in Britain, prepares agendas for Cabinet meetings and committees.

In the US the Cabinet consists of the heads of the 15 departments that make up the executive branch of the federal government. Each president appoints the department heads, called secretaries, from his or her own party, and they give advice on policy. Since the Cabinet was not established by the Constitution, the President can add, remove or combine departments, and can decide when to ask the Cabinet for advice, and whether or not to follow it.

State governments are usually organized in a similar way to the national government, and most have a cabinet.

 

Example Bank:

• Past reports are kept in the filing cabinet in my office.

• The Prime Minister reshuffled= changed his Cabinet yesterday.

• The affair led to a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle.

• The defeat in the vote forced the Cabinet to change its policy on immigration.

• The inner Cabinet is to meet again today.

• The prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday.

• There was a meeting of the full Cabinet this afternoon.

• a glass china cabinet

• He is a member of the Shadow Cabinet.

• Several cabinet ministers have been implicated in the scandal.

• She lost her position as Health Minister in a recent cabinet reshuffle.

• The issue was discussed at yesterday's cabinet meeting.

• There's a medicine cabinet in the bathroom.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cabinet

Cabinet (GOVERNMENT), cabinet /ˈkæb.ɪ.nət/
group noun [C usually singular]
a small group of the most important people elected to government, who make the main decisions about what should happen:
The Cabinet meet/meets every Thursday.
a cabinet minister.
The Prime Minister has announced a cabinet reshuffle (= changes in the Cabinet).

cabinet

cabinet (FURNITURE) /ˈkæb.ɪ.nət/
noun [C]
a piece of furniture with shelves, cupboards, or drawers, which is used for storing or showing things:
Valuable pieces of china were on display in a glass-fronted cabinet.
a bathroom/filing cabinet

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

cabinet

/kæbɪnɪt/
(cabinets)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
He looked at the display cabinet with its gleaming sets of glasses.
N-COUNT: usu n N
see also filing cabinet

2.
The Cabinet is a group of the most senior ministers in a government, who meet regularly to discuss policies.
The announcement came after a three-hour Cabinet meeting in Downing Street.
...a former Cabinet Minister.
N-COUNT: oft N n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

cabinet

cab·i·net /ˈkæbnɪt/ noun, pl -nets [count]
1 : a piece of furniture that is used for storing things and usually has doors and shelves
• a kitchen/medicine cabinet
- see also file cabinet
2 or Cabinet : a group of people who give advice to the leader of a government
• the British cabinet
• a member of the President's Cabinet
✦In British English, cabinet in this sense is sometimes used with a plural verb.
• The Cabinet are meeting now.

bookcase

bookcase [noun]
US /ˈbʊk.keɪs/ 
UK /ˈbʊk.keɪs/ 
Example: 

I put my books in bookcase.

a piece of furniture with shelves in it for putting books on

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

I put my books in bookcase.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bookcase

 noun
a piece of furniture that you put books in

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bookcase

bookcase /ˈbʊk-keɪs/ noun [countable]
  a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bookcase

book·case [bookcase bookcases]   [ˈbʊkkeɪs]    [ˈbʊkkeɪs]  noun

a piece of furniture with shelves for keeping books on

Example Bank:

• I chose a book from the bookcase.

• I found this book in your bookcase.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bookcase / ˈbʊk.keɪs / noun [ C ]

A1 a piece of furniture with shelves to put books on

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bookcase

/bʊkkeɪs/
(bookcases)

A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.

N-COUNT
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

bookcase

book·case /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/ noun, pl -cases [count] : a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books

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