chest of drawersnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtʃest əv ˈdrɔːz/us/ˌtʃest əv ˈdrɔːrz/US also bureauB1 a piece of furniture with drawers in which you keep things such as clothes
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Furniture for storage
- airing cupboard
- almirah
- bookcase
- bookshelf
- bureau
- cupboard
- drawer
- dresser
- filing cabinet
- footlocker
- ottoman
- shelf
- shelves
- shelving
- showcase
- sideboard
- stack
- stand
- walk-in
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Examples from literature
- And my gloves are in that box on the chest of drawers—the white pair.
- Oh, Martin, she whispered, lifting her eyes to his picture on her chest of drawers—"I wish I could feel you close."
- She got up and took from the chest of drawers the first pile of dusters to be hemmed.
- The chest of drawers—an incongruous article of furniture for what seemed to be a dining-room—as being the nearest and best lighted object received most of my attention.