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dresser

dresser [noun] (FURNITURE)

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

US

/ˈdres.ɚ/

UK

/ˈdres.ər/

میز توالت

مثال:

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

یک میز توالت کوچک در گوشه اتاق خواب قرار داشت.

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

معادل فارسی:

میز توالت

مثال انگلیسی:

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

یک میز توالت کوچک در گوشه اتاق خواب قرار داشت.

سطح، موضوع و برچسب

موضوع:

furniture for storage

سطح:

A2 (مبتدی)

Region:

American English

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

dresser

dress‧er /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

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