chest of drawers

US/tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/UK/tʃɛst ov dɹɔːz/UK/-əv-/UK, colloquial/tʃɛs.tə dʒɹɔːz/

noun

A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.

Meanings

nounchest of drawers (plural chests of drawers)

plural chests of drawers

  1. A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.

    Synonyms: dresser, bureau

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.

More synonyms by meaning

nounfurniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Broader
furniturepiece of furniturearticle of furniture

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic كُمُودِينُو, أَدْرَاجِيَّة
  • كُمُودِينُو (kumūdīnū)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • أَدْرَاجِيَّة (ʔadrājiyya)furniture for the storage of clothes
Brazilian Portuguese cômoda
  • cômodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Bulgarian скрин, комо́д
  • скрин (skrin)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • комо́д (komód)furniture for the storage of clothes
Catalan còmoda, calaixera
  • còmodafurniture for the storage of clothes
  • calaixerafurniture for the storage of clothes
  • xifonierfurniture for the storage of clothes
Chinese Mandarin 五斗櫃 /五斗柜, 抽屜櫃 /抽屉柜
  • 五斗櫃 /五斗柜 (wǔdǒuguì)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • 抽屜櫃 /抽屉柜 (chōutìguì)furniture for the storage of clothes
Czech komoda
  • komodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Danish kommode
  • kommodefurniture for the storage of clothes
Dutch komode, ladekast
  • komodefurniture for the storage of clothes
  • ladekastfurniture for the storage of clothes
Esperanto komodo
  • komodofurniture for the storage of clothes
Estonian kummut
  • kummutfurniture for the storage of clothes
European Portuguese cómoda
  • cómodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Finnish lipasto
  • lipastofurniture for the storage of clothes
French commode, chiffonnier
  • commodefurniture for the storage of clothes
  • chiffonnierfurniture for the storage of clothes
German Kommode
  • Kommodefurniture for the storage of clothes
Greek συρταριέρα
  • συρταριέρα (syrtariéra)furniture for the storage of clothes
Hungarian komód, fiókos szekrény
  • komódfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • fiókos szekrényfurniture for the storage of clothes
Icelandic kommóða
  • kommóðafurniture for the storage of clothes
Italian comò, cassettone
  • comòfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • cassettonefurniture for the storage of clothes
  • canteranofurniture for the storage of clothes
  • cassettierafurniture for the storage of clothes
Japanese 箪笥
  • 箪笥 (tansu)furniture for the storage of clothes
Korean 서랍장
  • 서랍장 (seorapjang)furniture for the storage of clothes
Latvian veļas skapis, kumode
  • veļas skapisfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • kumodefurniture for the storage of clothes
Lithuanian komoda
  • komodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Māori hautōtō
  • hautōtōfurniture for the storage of clothes
Norwegian Bokmål kommode
  • kommodefurniture for the storage of clothes
Polish komoda
  • komodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Portuguese gaveteiro
  • gaveteirofurniture for the storage of clothes
Romanian comodă
  • comodăfurniture for the storage of clothes
Russian комо́д, шифонье́р
  • комо́д (komód)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • шифонье́р (šifonʹjér)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • шкаф (škaf)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • скры́ня (skrýnja)furniture for the storage of clothes
Slovak bielizník, komoda
  • bielizníkfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • komodafurniture for the storage of clothes
Spanish cómoda, cajonera
  • cómodafurniture for the storage of clothes
  • cajonerafurniture for the storage of clothes
Swahili almari
  • almarifurniture for the storage of clothes
Swedish byrå, kommod
  • byråfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • kommodfurniture for the storage of clothes
Turkish şifonyer
  • şifonyerfurniture for the storage of clothes
Ukrainian комо́д, комо́да
  • комо́д (komód)furniture for the storage of clothes
  • комо́да (komóda)furniture for the storage of clothes
Welsh cist logellog, cistiau llogellog
  • cist logellogfurniture for the storage of clothes
  • cistiau llogellogfurniture for the storage of clothes
Yiddish קאַמאָד
  • קאַמאָד (kamod)furniture for the storage of clothes

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

(colloquial) Chester draws
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