Definitions for drawers

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drawers draw·er

Spelling: [drawr for 1, 2; draw-er for 3–6]

IPA: /drɔr for 1, 2; ˈdrɔ ər for 3–6/

Drawers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in drawers (aderrsw).

Definitions for drawers

noun

1. a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
2. drawers, (used with a plural verb) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
3. a person or thing that draws.
4. Finance. a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
5. Metalworking. a person who operates a drawbench.
6. a tapster.

Origin of drawers

1300-50, 1580-90 for def 1, 1560-70 for def 2; Middle English; see draw, -er¹

Examples for drawers

Gilbert took an armful of shirts from the chest of drawers and dropped them into the trunk.

The heat makes beads of sweat run down your armpits and traverse your hips before dampening your drawers.

She showed me a set of drawers, revealing a meticulously kept filing system of all her jokes.

Is there a picture out there of you in your drawers that you are worried about?

There must be hewers of wood and drawers of water, and the dishes ought to be washed.

In a word, I had nothing on me but my drawers and a flannel shirt.

She found herself staring at a strange man going through the drawers.

I was constantly just pulling stuff out of drawers and before it goes on shelf, people would pull it out of my hand.

There were a few chairs, and a chest of drawers bearing a gilt-framed mirror.

drawers and chests at "Gunn's" had been thick strewn with lavender for half a century.