drawer

 

noun

  • 1 /drɔː/ a box-like storage compartment without a lid, made to slide horizontally in and out of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture.
  • 2 (drawers /drɔːz/) dated or humorous knickers or underpants: Queen Victoria was notoriously careless with her drawers
  • 3 /ˈdrɔː(r)ə/ a person who writes a cheque: the banker would have rights as holder to pursue the drawer
  • 4 /ˈdrɔː(r)ə/ a person who produces a drawing or design.

Derivatives

drawerful

noun (plural drawerfuls)

The word drawer is often spelled incorrectly as draw. As a noun, draw chiefly means ‘an act of selecting names randomly to decide winners’ or ‘an even score at the conclusion of a game’, whereas drawer mainly means ‘a sliding storage compartment’.