Definition: 1. 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. 2. A boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out. 3. A person who writes a cheque. 4. An artist skilled at drawing.
Use 'drawer' in a sentence:
1. She assured herself that the letter was still in the drawer.
2. Pair the socks and put them in the drawer.
3. He had the drawer open and was thumbing through the files.
4. Where would it be?' — 'Filed under C, second drawer down.'
5. Put it in a desk drawer.
6. Pens are kept in the middle drawer.
7. She came across some old photographs in a drawer.
8. She opened her desk drawer and took out the manual.
9. I tucked the box away in the linen drawer.
10. I came across some of my photos in the drawer of my father's desk.
11. "Wendy," he whispered gleefully, "I do believe I shut her up in the drawer!"
12. She slid a coin into the drawer.
13. He chucked the paper in a drawer.
14. The money is safely locked in a drawer.
15. There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
16. I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer.
17. I found some old photos at the back of the drawer.
18. She kept his passport in the top drawer.
19. She kept his letters tucked away in a drawer.
20. I opened the special drawer where I keep CDs.
21. The girl jammed her hand when she closed the drawer.
22. You'll find some in the drawer.
23. The drawer is so tight that I can't open it.
24. There's an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
25. The drawer won't pull out.
26. She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.
27. I filed the letters away in a drawer.
28. What are you burrowing around in my drawer for?
29. When cleaning up the drawer, I found some old photos.
30. He's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?
31. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change.
32. You could smash the drawer up with a hammer.
33. He opened a drawer in his writing-table.
34. The box fitted neatly into the drawer.
35. He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer.
36. She pulled the drawer out and examined the underneath carefully.
37. He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
38. The knives go in this drawer.
39. The handle had fallen off the drawer.
40. Put the knives in the kitchen drawer.
41. He removed the picture and put it in the drawer.
42. I should like to get at some of the papers in that drawer.
43. Have a rummage around in the drawer and see if you can find a pen.
44. He slid the drawer open.
45. Opening a drawer, she took out a letter.
46. The top drawer held a miscellany of foreign coins and banknotes.
47. Gary hastily pushed the drawer back into place.
48. A lock was screwed on the drawer.
49. It's in that drawer.
50. She yanked open the drawer.
51. Their letters were all muddled up together in a drawer.
52. I think I put the keys back in the drawer, but I couldn't swear to it.
53. Put your clothes in the bottom drawer.
54. Fetch me the tape from my drawer, please.
55. He kept a little hoard of chocolates in his top drawer.
56. What is contained in this drawer?
57. He hid the letter in a drawer.
58. This drawer keeps sticking.
59. She said they were in the top drawer in this cupboard.
60. The keys are in the back left-hand corner of the drawer.
61. The range includes chests of drawers, tables and wardrobes.
62. Of course I'm very sorry, but how could I know you were in the drawer?
63. Geoff hastily pushed the drawer back into place.
64. That isn't a real drawer in the table; it's just painted on.
65. Her back was aching from having to get down in order to put things in and out of the bottom drawer.
66. Inside all was disorder: drawers fallen out, shoes and boots scattered.
67. All the drawers were stuffed full of letters and papers.
