bureau
16
5.5
- noun
- /ˈbjʊəroʊ/
- US
- "I still have her, actually, but she mostly sits on the bureau in my guest room."
- bureau drawer
- bureau mirror
- bedroom bureau
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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
255
1.3
A piece of furniture with shelves or drawers for storing things
88
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
38
3.4
A United States government office that counts people and records facts about them
20
3.7
A United States government agency that investigates serious crimes and enforces federal law
8
4.6
A U.S. government agency that enforces laws about alcohol, tobacco, guns, explosives, and arson
7
4.9
A private company that keeps information about people's loans and payments for banks
- 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
- Specialized
1
6.1
A company that does special work for other businesses for a fee, like paying workers or printing
- 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
3.8
A government office that inspects and taxes goods brought into a country
- Formal
1
5.5
US Department of Defense office that manages the Army and Air National Guard
1
7.0
A part of the United States State Department that studies events abroad and advises diplomats
1
6.3
A part of the US State Department that protects American diplomats, embassies, and secret information abroad
1
6.8
A United States government office that designs and prints paper money and other secure government papers
1
6.7
The main Russian agency that deals with security and spying inside the country
- Formal
1
5.2
A United States government agency that gives money and support to local and state police to reduce crime
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.