press

press

noun

Definition of PRESS

1

a built-in space for storage behind a door <put the towels in the linen press>

Synonyms cuddy, cupboard, pantry, press

Related Words ambry [chiefly British dialect], buttery [chiefly dialect], larder, spence [chiefly British dialect]; cloakroom, coatroom, garderobe, vestiary, wardrobe

2

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <he pushed his way through the press of people outside the courthouse>

Synonyms army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Related Words masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

3

a storage case typically having doors and shelves <originally designed as a press for clothes, it now serves to hide the bedroom TV>

Synonyms buffet, closet, console, cupboard, hutch, locker, press, sideboard

Related Words bookcase, breakfront, chest, china closet, credence, credenza, étagère (or etagere), secretary, showcase, taboret (or tabouret), vitrine; cuddy, dresser, pie safe; armoire, clothespress, garderobe, wardrobe; cabinetry, shelving