drawers

noun

plural of drawer
1
as in cabinets

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2
as in pants

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Recent Examples of drawers Look for tiny, low-emotion spaces like junk drawers, a laundry room drawer, or a bathroom cabinet for a space that can help start the process quickly and with minimal roadblocks. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 These are going to be unique to the size and shape of your drawers, but Valladolid notes that the organizers take up their entire drawer. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 17 Jan. 2026 Criusia 12-Pack Clothes Drawer Organizer Organize your wardrobe drawers once and for all with this handy drawer divider that can hold everything—socks, underwear, bras, t-shirts, camisoles, accessories, scarves, belts, and more. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawers
  1. cabinets
  2. boxers
  3. lockers
  4. briefs
  5. undershirt
  6. shorts
  7. union suit
Noun
  • Add glass inserts, remove doors, or replace cabinets with floating shelves for a fresh, modern look.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The dark theme even permeated the kitchen, which featured a large black-and-white marble island surrounded by black cabinets.
    — Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabinets
Noun
  • Next up, Average Joes versus NFL players, NHL players and pro boxers!
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
  • The sweatshirt-fabric robes modeled on boxers' cover-ups are a nice change up from the typical hotel offerings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of boxers
Noun
  • In the clubhouse, as Brett described it, temporary adjoining lockers bore the uniforms of each.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Inside the latest post-loss clubhouse, multiple players sat at their lockers in silence, staring at their phones or blankly ahead.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of lockers
Noun
  • Federal judges have found that the government filed statements generated by artificial intelligence that referenced nonexistent case law, wrote briefs that ignored facts and filed declarations with inaccurate dates, the ProPublica review shows.
    — J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 28 July 2026
  • And most content briefs were never built to answer that question.
    — Lior Eldan, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of briefs
Noun
  • The beauty of this shirt, per shoppers, is that it can be worn on its own or as an undershirt, depending on the season.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
  • Brian Cox is dapper in a brown suit and purple undershirt for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition preview party on June 10 in London.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Definition of undershirt
Noun
  • Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days, but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • All features and series screened to UK audiences for the first time, including 28 world premieres (7 features, 1 series, 19 shorts, 1 immersive), 11 International Premieres (11 features, 1 short), and 20 European Premieres (12 features, 7 shorts, 1 immersive).
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of shorts
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  • His character, Marty, a Ping-Pong champ from the Lower East Side, might have worn a one-piece union suit, the conventional male undergarment of 1952, when the movie is set.
    — Victoria Uren, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And in October 1906, Comstock threatened to shut down an exhibition of models performing athletic exercises wearing form-fitting union suits.
    — Amy Werbel, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of union suit

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