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Definition of Chest of drawers

Chest of drawers
Drawer Draw"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. --Shak. (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer. (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee. 2. That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest.
Chest of drawers
Chest Chest (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. Cist, Cistern.] 1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. --Dryden. 2. A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer. 3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. 4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. 5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb. Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

Meaning of Chest of drawers from wikipedia

- A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a dresser or a bureau, is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple...
- definition reads: "A piece of furniture with drawers and shelves; in the bedroom, a sort of elaborate chest of drawers (so in French); in the drawing room, a...
- collected in a special chest, hence the alternative UK term bottom drawer, which refers to putting aside one drawer in a chest of drawers for collecting the...
- a piece of furniture incorporating a chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top. A highboy consists of double chest of drawers (a chest-on-chest), with the...
- figure is holding a strip of meat. Both human figures that double as a chest of drawers as well as the crutch-like shapes are common archetypes in Dalí's work...
- who had a workshop in the American city of Philadelphia where the still surviving Fox and Grapes chest of drawers was produced. The Sèvres porcelain works...
- a medical journal covering chest diseases and related issues The Chest, an episode of Comedy Premieres Chest of drawers, also called (especially in North...
- [baɾˈɣeɲo]; meaning "from Bargas") is a form of portable desk, made up of two chests, the bottom one usually having drawers (called a taquillón) and the top one...
- (and designed to match) the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers. Lowboys and tallboys were favorite pieces of the 18th century, both in England and in the...
- mine". Having run them out of money, Kramer puts his ****anese friends up at his apartment. They sleep in the chest of drawers (much like a capsule hotel)...