dresser
An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or…An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
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» Tom helped Mary move the dresser.
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Examples
51 sentencesTom helped Mary move the dresser.
Tom is a very sloppy dresser.
Did you check in that dresser?
Meaning
12 senses(US)An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
Kommode
комо́дkomód
One who dresses in a particular way.
He's a very snappy dresser.
a person who dresses in a particular way
(UK)An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
ку́хонный шкафkúxonnyj škaf
ми́сникmýsnyk
More meanings 9
A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
a wardrobe assistant for an actor
A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
ore dresser
A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
(UK)A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
One who dresses or prepares stone.
(dated)A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
Origin
From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecFrom Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.
From Middle English dresser, equivalent to dress + -er.
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Forms
plural: dressersSynonyms
9 synonyms- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes:chest of drawerschestbureau
- a wardrobe assistant for an actor:actor's assistant
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup:dressing tablevanitytoilet table
Word family
13 related wordsSee also
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