drawer

drawer

US /drɑː/ 
UK /drɔːr/ 

A box-shaped container, without a top, that is part of a piece of furniture. It slides in and out to open and close and is used for keeping things in

drawer - کشو
معادل فارسی: 

دراور، کشو

مثال انگلیسی: 

The scissors are in the kitchen drawer.

قیچی در کشوی آشپزخانه است.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

drawer

 noun

pronunciation
The word drawer sounds like four.

a thing like a box that you can pull out from a cupboard or desk, for example:
There's some paper in the top drawer of my desk.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

drawer

drawer S3 /drɔː $ drɒːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: ⇨ ↑draw1]
1. part of a piece of furniture, such as a desk, that you pull out and push in and use to keep things in:
She took a file from her desk drawer.
The scissors are in the kitchen drawer (=drawer in a piece of kitchen furniture).
top/bottom/right-hand/left-hand drawer
He opened the top drawer of his desk, and took out a brown envelope.
sock/cutlery drawer (=one for keeping socks, or knives, forks etc in) ⇨ ↑bottom drawer, ↑chest of drawers, ↑top-drawer
2. drawers [plural] old-fashioned underwear that women and girls wear between their waist and the tops of their legs SYN knickers
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + drawer
the top/bottom/middle drawer He opened the bottom drawer and got out a T-shirt.
a desk/table/dresser etc drawer The passports are in my desk drawer.
a kitchen drawer (=in a piece of kitchen furniture) There's some string in that kitchen drawer.
a sock/underwear/cutlery etc drawer (=containing socks, underwear etc) He hid the gun in his sock drawer.
the right-hand/left-hand drawer Have you looked in the left-hand drawer?
■ verbs
open a drawer Jonathan opened the drawer and took out a fork.
pull open/pull out a drawer (=open it) He pulled open drawers until he found the papers.
close/shut a drawer She shut the drawer and locked it with a small key.
go through/look through/search through drawers (=try to find something by looking in drawers) I've been through all my drawers and I can't find it.
rummage/rifle through drawers (=search in them by moving things around in an untidy way) Someone had been in my bedroom and rummaged through my drawers.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drawer

drawer [drawer drawers] noun
1.   [drɔː(r)]  ;   [drɔːr]  a part of a piece of furniture such as a desk, used for keeping things in. It is shaped like a box and has a handle on the front for pulling it out
in the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk
the kitchen drawer (= the one in the kitchen)

see also  chest of drawers, top drawer

2.   [ˈdrɔːə(r)]  ;   [ˈdrɔːər]  (formal) a person who writes a cheque
a cheque bearing the signature of the drawer  
Example Bank:
He pushed the drawer shut with a bang.
He put the letters in the drawer.
She pulled open the second drawer down to find the money had gone.
She reached into the drawer and found the key to the safe.
She took the gun from the drawer.
What do you think you are doing, rummaging through my drawers?

a desk with two deep drawers either side

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

drawer / drɔː r /   / drɑː / noun [ C ] (FURNITURE)

A2 a box-shaped container, without a top, that is part of a piece of furniture. It slides in and out to open and close and is used for keeping things in:

I keep my socks in the bottom drawer.

He rummaged through his desk drawer trying to find a pen.

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

drawer

/drɔ:ə(r)/
(drawers)

1.
A drawer is part of a desk, chest, or other piece of furniture that is shaped like a box and is designed for putting things in. You pull it towards you to open it.
He opened a drawer in his writing-table.
N-COUNT

2.
see also chest of drawers
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

drawer

draw·er /ˈdrɑːɚ/ noun, pl -ers
1 [count] : a box that slides into and out of a piece of furniture (such as a desk) and that is used to store things
• the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk/dresser
• There are some pens in my desk drawer.
• a sock/cash drawer [=a drawer for storing socks/cash]
- see picture at office; see also chest of drawers
2 drawers [plural] old-fashioned + humorous : underwear for the lower part of the body
• He stood there in only his drawers.
- often used informally in the phrase drop your drawers
• At least the doctor didn't make me drop my drawers. [=pull down my underpants]

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