Synonyms for bureau

Grammar : Noun

Spell : byoo r-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbyʊər oʊ

Top 10 synonyms for bureau

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Définition of bureau

Origin : 1690s, "desk with drawers, writing desk," from French bureau "office; desk, writing table," originally "cloth covering for a desk," from burel "coarse woolen cloth" (as a cover for writing desks), Old French diminutive of bure "dark brown cloth," which is perhaps either from Latin burrus "red," or from Late Latin burra "wool, shaggy garment." Offices being full of such desks, the meaning expanded 1720 to "division of a government." Meaning "chest of drawers" is from 1770, said to be American English but early in British use.

noun branch of an organization
noun chest of drawers

Example sentences :

I am writing this on the bureau, so that when I lift my eyes I may see It.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And I know that since the death of Maman Theresa they had hid it in one of the bureau drawers.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Beaufort rose with a desperate effort; he moved to the bureau.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

They undressed again, and Dan put his gun away in his bureau.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

I think that she still contemplated appearing in it at the Bureau.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Well, they tells me—Lawd knows what they calls it bureau for!
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

At first she invariably kept him in a lower drawer of my bureau.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

Then she rose from her seat, and returned her night glasses to the bureau.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Then she rose, and, going to her bureau, picked up a pair of night glasses.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

But Kate, as she sat before her bureau, had no thought of these things just now.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

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