drawers

noun

plural of drawer
1
as in cabinets

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2
as in pants

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Recent Examples of drawers Look for tiny, low-emotion spaces like junk drawers, a laundry room drawer, or a bathroom cabinet for a space that can help start the process quickly and with minimal roadblocks. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 June 2026 These are going to be unique to the size and shape of your drawers, but Valladolid notes that the organizers take up their entire drawer. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 17 Jan. 2026 Criusia 12-Pack Clothes Drawer Organizer Organize your wardrobe drawers once and for all with this handy drawer divider that can hold everything—socks, underwear, bras, t-shirts, camisoles, accessories, scarves, belts, and more. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawers
  1. cabinets
  2. boxers
  3. lockers
  4. briefs
  5. undershirt
  6. shorts
  7. union suit
Noun
  • That means my cabinets and drawers are mostly full of hardworking, multitasking items.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
  • From cleaning out our gutters and power washing your deck to prepping your cabinets for flue season and switching out your bedding, here's what should be on your home checklist as summer comes to an end.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabinets
Noun
  • View gallery - 3 images As the second World Humanoid Robot Games got under way on August 21 at Beijing’s National Speed Skating Oval, most of the interest has been on the machine sprinters and boxers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As a teenager and young adult, Tae-ha had a bright future as one of South Korea’s best young boxers.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of boxers
Noun
  • The use of remote lockers and location pickup climbed 14 percent year over year and surpassed buy online, pickup in store (BOPIS) and curbside pickup as the leading alternative fulfillment method.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • While Valdez finished his work in the training room, only rookies were around at their lockers.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of lockers
Noun
  • The Buckeye Institute – along with a number of other conservative groups that have filed supportive briefs – want the justices to also revisit a 2005 decision that affirmed a broad interpretation of Congress’s power to regulate interstate commerce.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
  • After attorneys at the end of this month file additional briefs on their respective arguments, Cogburn is expected to decide what will happen to the final federal charge.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of briefs
Noun
  • The icing on the cake of this whole thing is the quarter-zip with no undershirt.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The beauty of this shirt, per shoppers, is that it can be worn on its own or as an undershirt, depending on the season.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
Definition of undershirt
Noun
  • Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days, but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Jan. 2026
  • All features and series screened to UK audiences for the first time, including 28 world premieres (7 features, 1 series, 19 shorts, 1 immersive), 11 International Premieres (11 features, 1 short), and 20 European Premieres (12 features, 7 shorts, 1 immersive).
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Definition of shorts
Noun
  • His character, Marty, a Ping-Pong champ from the Lower East Side, might have worn a one-piece union suit, the conventional male undergarment of 1952, when the movie is set.
    — Victoria Uren, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • And in October 1906, Comstock threatened to shut down an exhibition of models performing athletic exercises wearing form-fitting union suits.
    — Amy Werbel, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of union suit

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“Drawers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawers. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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