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dresser

dresser

73 1.4
A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɛsər/
  • US
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  • I organized all my shoes in the bottom drawer of the dresser.
  • top of the dresser
  • bed and a dresser

My local reuse store has a giant dresser full of dried up markers.

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Examples

  • There were two beds and a long dresser with a TV on one end.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I had a dresser full of clothes.

  • Super excited for that as well because my dresser is a mess.

  • It's been on my dresser for 30 years.

  • Why are all your clothes gone from the dresser?

  • The key's on the dresser.

  • So we have our bed frame, the dresser and a night table and a lamp.

  • It's got the mirror and then it's also got this matching dresser here comes as a set.

  • So here's my room and it was just a bed and dresser when I came in.

  • I folded your clothes, they're in the dresser.

Synonyms

wardrobe
vsdresser
35 1.0

A large piece of furniture with doors for storing clothes

is smaller and based on drawers rather than hanging storage
bureau
vsdresser
  • US
22 5.5

A piece of furniture with drawers used to keep clothes

sometimes adds a mirror and is used for dressing or applying makeup
armoire
vsdresser
21 8.1

A large cupboard that stands on the floor for storing clothes and household items

is less ornate and focuses on simple drawer storage
vanity
vsdresser
  • US
16 4.4

A small table with a mirror that you use to put on makeup or do your hair

is more for storing clothes and sometimes includes a mirror
chest of drawers
vsdresser
7 2.6

A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes and small items

is the common everyday term for the same furniture
dressing table
vsdresser
6 3.0

A low table with a mirror for doing hair and makeup

is a storage focused piece with drawers and optional mirror
chiffonier
vsdresser
9.9

A tall chest of drawers for storing clothes and sheets

is the more general, plain term focusing on everyday storage
toilet table
vsdresser
  • Archaic
6.3

A low table with a mirror used to sit at and put on makeup

is the storage furniture mainly made of drawers and used for clothes

Compounds

A person who wears clothes usually worn by the other gender to express themselves

A person who arranges and decorates shop windows to attract customers

How Spacious

armoire
21 8.1
wardrobe
35 1.0
dresser
  • US
73 1.4

Surface Forms

dresser singular
dressers plural

Morphology

dresser = dress (semi-transparent) = dress + er

The word is built from 'dress' + '-er', but the furniture sense is a specialized instrument noun rather than a fully predictable everyday derivation.

Etymology

Dresser comes from the verb dress, which once meant 'to arrange' or 'prepare' clothes. So a dresser became the name for the furniture where you keep and organise your clothes.