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How to pronounce drawer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms draftsman
Type of creative person, artist
Has types pavement artist, sketcher, cartoonist
Derivation draw
Type Words
Type of container, storage space
Derivation draw
Type Words
Type of money handler, money dealer
Derivation draw

Examples of drawer

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Refrigerate them unwashed in a perforated bag in a crisper drawer up to 10 days.
From the ocregister.com
He must have press gangs in the taverns or a drawer full of compromising photos.
From the post-gazette.com
Sarah Palin is not the answer even if she were the sharpest knife in the drawer.
From the bostonherald.com
I save a separate spoon in a different drawer to use for cooking anything sweet.
From the tennessean.com
There's also a drawer of little wheels, and another with odds and ends of ivory.
From the latimes.com
The teller gave the man cash from her drawer and the man walked out of the bank.
From the ocregister.com
My guess would be that they retire Batman for a while, put him away in a drawer.
From the time.com
She even has a drawer-full of his prints that may help bear out her attribution.
From the online.wsj.com
To this day, a box is stashed in a drawer in the credenza of my conference room.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • A boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
  • The person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
  • Draftsman: an artist skilled at drawing
  • (drawers) underpants worn by men
  • A drawer is a box-shaped container that fits into a piece of furniture in such a way that it can be drawn out horizontally to access its contents.
  • An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles; Agent noun of draw; one who draws; An artist who primarily makes drawings; One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note; A barman; a man who draws the ...
  • (drawers) Long underpants; Any clothing covering the legs, such as shorts, trousers, underpants or breeches
  • (DRAWERS) nether garment worn by women in 16th century; men wore linen or hide drawers beginning in 17th century.
  • (Drawers (or underdrawers)) an article of clothing, worn as underwear by either males or females, which covered the individual from the waist down and usually covering the legs as well as, e.g., "on hot days his young boys would strip down to their drawers and jump into the pond to cool off."