chest of drawers
noun phrase
: a piece of furniture designed to contain a set of drawers (as for holding clothing)
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The clip, shared by the canine's 27-year-old owner @ellyclairew on September 6, shows the small dog arriving home from doggy day care and heading straight to his water bowl before disappearing under a chest of drawers to rest.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The world's largest chest of drawers.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The gun was found seven feet from Licata's body, resting neatly on his dresser chest of drawers.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
Her shopping pursuits have led her to unique second-hand pieces and practically all the furniture in her home, except for a few pieces such as a chest of drawers in her bedroom, which comes from her mother’s house.
—Patricia Villalobos, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2025
His answer was this curved chest of drawers covered with an illustration inspired by Palladian architecture, by the Italian designer Piero Fornasetti.
—Tim McKeough, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Take a Tour Other must-do activities include a walk around High Point University’s gorgeous campus and stop on Hamilton Street to get your picture in front of the world’s largest chest of drawers.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Small trees can sit on top of a coffee table or chest of drawers.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2024
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The world's largest chest of drawers.
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The gun was found seven feet from Licata's body, resting neatly on his dresser chest of drawers.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
Her shopping pursuits have led her to unique second-hand pieces and practically all the furniture in her home, except for a few pieces such as a chest of drawers in her bedroom, which comes from her mother’s house.
—Patricia Villalobos, Architectural Digest, 26 July 2025
His answer was this curved chest of drawers covered with an illustration inspired by Palladian architecture, by the Italian designer Piero Fornasetti.
—Tim McKeough, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Take a Tour Other must-do activities include a walk around High Point University’s gorgeous campus and stop on Hamilton Street to get your picture in front of the world’s largest chest of drawers.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Small trees can sit on top of a coffee table or chest of drawers.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Chest of drawers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chest%20of%20drawers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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