bureau
22
5.5
- noun
- /ˈbjʊəroʊ/
- US
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cómoda
- "I still have her, actually, but she mostly sits on the bureau in my guest room."
- bureau drawer
- bureau mirror
- bedroom bureau
What would they sound like to this black woman described on the card atop my hotel Bureau as Olive the maid?
- What would they sound like to this black woman described on the card atop my hotel Bureau as Olive the maid?
Examples
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Open the top drawer of the bureau, Thomas.
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She goes in his room next morning to wake him up, the money's on the bureau.
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I saw what was in your bureau drawer when I was cleaning.
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Have you thought of the drawers in the bureau?
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There's another one there on the bureau.
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Tom is picking up a hat from a clutter on top of a bureau.
Fiction book (1990) -
You know, there's a drawer at the bottom of the bureau.
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Now she opened a bureau drawer and began rummaging through the contents.
Fiction book (1992) -
Where's my barrette? - On top of your bureau.
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Thomas opened the top drawer of the bureau to find his summer clothes.
Synonyms
168
1.3
A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storing things
73
1.4
A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes
7
2.6
A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes and small items
Compounds
- Formal
30
3.4
A United States government office that counts people and records facts about them
6
4.6
A U.S. government agency that enforces laws about alcohol, tobacco, guns, explosives, and arson
5
4.9
A private company that keeps information about people's loans and payments for banks
5
3.7
A United States government agency that investigates serious crimes and enforces federal law
- Formal
3
4.0
A U.S. government agency that runs prisons and holds people found guilty of federal crimes
- Formal
1
4.6
A part of the U.S. Department of Justice that collects and studies crime and prison numbers for government officials
1
6.8
A United States government office that designs and prints paper money and other secure government papers
- Formal
1
4.6
A government agency that counts people in the United States every ten years and gives population data
- Formal
1
3.9
A government office that checks goods entering a country and collects taxes on them
- Formal
1
5.5
US Department of Defense office that manages the Army and Air National Guard
- Specialized
1
6.1
A company that does special work for other businesses for a fee, like paying workers or printing
- Formal
A government office that inspects and taxes goods brought into a country
A part of the US State Department that protects American diplomats, embassies, and secret information abroad
A part of the United States State Department that studies events abroad and advises diplomats
- Formal
A United States government agency that gives money and support to local and state police to reduce crime
The main Russian agency that deals with security and spying inside the country
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bureau for a piece of furniture comes from the French bureau, which first meant a coarse 'cloth' put over a table and then the 'desk' itself. That's why a bureau today is a desk or chest of drawers for clothes and papers.