drawer

noun

Definition of drawernext
as in cabinet

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Recent Examples of drawer An empty drawer or shelf, a few hangers and some open closet space let guests actually move in for the length of their stay instead of living out of a suitcase on the floor. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026 The family was living in Berkeley in the mid-fifties when, in free moments, Drexler began putting together sculptures from the contents of her junk drawer. — Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026 Sergey Krasovskiy and Pedro Salas/Royal Society Open Science The fossil that led to the discovery sat in a drawer at the Natural History Museum in London for nearly 100 years, having first been obtained by the vaunted institution in 1924. — Archie Clarke, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drawer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawer
  1. cabinet
  2. locker
Noun
  • Rather than lighting an entire room, try task lighting like reading lamps, under-the-cabinet light strips, and desk lamps that illuminate a workspace.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026
  • If four of the most consequential members of Grace’s staff/cabinet quit en masse, what will become of her administration?
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of cabinet
Noun
  • The malicious system component silently installs apps that look like weather tools, app lockers and other everyday utilities.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The flatbed also include's side storage lockers and a long rear drawer for extra cargo space.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of locker

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“Drawer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawer. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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