Dresser Meaning
/ˈdɹɛsə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
nounAn item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
Sentence Examples
The teacher is counted the best dresser in our school.
The teacher is counted as the best dresser in our school.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She kept her folded sweaters neatly in the top drawer of the ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher is counted the best ____ in our school.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine."
— 1847, Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie:
"But it went through her like a flash of hot fire when, in passing, he lurched against the dresser, setting the tins rattling, and clutched at the white pot knobs for support."
— 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 2”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
"The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside."
— 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29:
"The leading lady also went out of her way to congratulate the young neophyte effusively on her triumph—and then slapped her unfortunate dresser on very insufficient provocation; […]"
— 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
"In the Queen's coach are the Queen's stateroom and bathroom, the Royal Family lounge, lady-in-waiting's compartment and bathroom, and dresser's room."
— 1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 47:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She kept her folded sweaters neatly in the top drawer of the ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher is counted the best ____ in our school.