Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for drawer. Search instead for drawe.
Definitions

drawer

[drawr, draw-er] / drɔr, ˈdrɔ ər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

And then there was MapQuest — another artifact safely filed away in the same early-2000s drawer as Freedom Fries — which announced, simply, “We’re not changing it.”

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

King Slide Works makes components like cabinet hinges and drawer slides.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Rare dinosaur bone, stuck in a drawer for decades.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Elon Musk probably has a T-shirt in the back of a drawer emblazoned with the line.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

We blinked, and some of us remembered the snake in the drawer.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Since retiring, we have settled into a slow-and-steady approach to downsizing, habitually scrutinizing drawers and closets and storage boxes anytime we open them, looking around rooms for little things to pass along.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Inside the workshop are various drawers and boxes labelled "teeth"or "eyeballs".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

No pet dragons, though — just a baby unicorn, representing the fantasy mascot ruling many of that era’s pre-teen accessory drawers.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Chatrie asks whether the Constitution still remembers that lesson once the rummaging happens through data instead of drawers.

From Slate May 20, 2026

Next, she sat at the desk and looked through the drawers.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training