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drawer

UK:^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdrɔː^r/, /ˈdrɔːə^r/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/drɔr/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drôr for 1, 2; drô′ər for 3–6)

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Collocations for "drawer"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "drawer" in context.

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drawer

n

a [chest, set, unit] of drawers
the [bottom, top, middle, first, second] drawer
in the [first] drawer on the [right, left]
the [bedside, bedroom, kitchen] drawers
a [messy, tidy, disorganized] drawer
[throw, toss] [it] in the junk drawer
the drawer is [stuffed, crammed, packed] with
[rummage, look] [in, through] the drawer
keep [files, underwear, pills, certificates, bills, towels] in the drawer
a drawer for [keeping, storing] files
pulled out a [file, stapler, document] from the drawer
[took, fished, pulled] a [stapler, pair of scissors] out of the drawer
is a [sketch, landscape, caricature] drawer
slang: [wear, buy] [cotton, silk, nylon] drawers

n as adj

a top-drawer [act, performance, display]

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'drawer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ID - bolt - burrow - cartoon - diaper - document - dresser - file - fumble - grope - junk - knife - knob - lock - out - rail - roller - runner - sock - spoon - stapler - stash - super - tights - tug - underneath - wedge

Forum discussions with the word(s) "drawer" in the title:

a hair lock [on a drawer] - English Only forum
Alice's Drawer - English Only forum
an accent immediately elevated to the top drawer - English Only forum
another drawer, and two porters - English Only forum
as red as a flannen drawer - English Only forum
at the top drawer - English Only forum
Barthes’ old memorandum, that a gun revealed in a drawer must always be fired, did not <hold of> the Universal cycle: - English Only forum
crisper or crisper drawer? - English Only forum
debris of the drawer - English Only forum
desk drawer - English Only forum
Drawer - English Only forum
Drawer [=artist?] - English Only forum
drawer [pronunciation] - English Only forum
Drawer full of trousers/scissors - English Only forum
drawer(s) - English Only forum
file cabinet, six-drawer filing cabinet - English Only forum
first drawer to the left of Secretary’s desk - English Only forum
Fold the clothes and put them away in the drawer - English Only forum
from the bottom of a drawer - English Only forum
goes into the drawer - English Only forum
"hit" a DVD drawer - English Only forum
humidity drawer - English Only forum
I [check] my drawer very frequently? - English Only forum
I must <have> left it in the bottom drawer of my desk. - English Only forum
I put it in a drawer so I wouldn't lose it / so that I didn't lose it / so as not to lose it. - English Only forum
If you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer - English Only forum
in the drawer - English Only forum
inside/into> the drawer; the car - English Only forum
it's a sock drawer in there - English Only forum
It's in your drawer and <it's> gathering dust - English Only forum
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