Synonyms for dresser

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dres-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɛs ər

Définition of dresser

Origin : c.1300, "person who prepares or furnishes," agent noun from dress (v.). Meaning "table, sideboard," is late 14c., from Old French dresseur, dreçoir "table to prepare food," from dresser "prepare, dress." Meaning "chest, dressing bureau" is from 1895.

noun chest of drawers

Example sentences :

Give me the Holy Water, Nora, there's a small sup still on the dresser.
Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge

When she was not at home, it sat on K.'s dresser, propped against his collar-box.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The girl shortened the stems of the roses and put them in a vase on Katy's dresser.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Then she cut a hunch off a great loaf, and put it beside the bowl on the dresser.
Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth

When the water drains off, turn them out on a dresser covered with a cloth, and put over another cloth to dry them perfectly.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The letter grinned at her from the dresser, on which she had left it.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

It contained a small bed, a chiffonier and dresser, a table, some chairs and a trunk.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Betty wants a dresser, and I've got the shop for ye, my dear.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

The dresser—is there anything prettier than a well-kept dresser?
Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

Where his stolid four poster and dresser had been there was greyish nothingness.
Extract from : « The Street That Wasn't There » by Clifford Donald Simak

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