dresser

noun

/ˈdresə(r)/

/ˈdresər/

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(also Welsh dresser)
(British English) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc.
- I put the kettle on and took two cups and saucers down from the dresser.
- The china display in her dresser was all blue and white.
- There was a small dresser in the corner of the room.
Topics Houses and homesc2
(North American English)
(North American English also bureau, chest of drawers British and North American English)
a piece of furniture with drawers (= parts like boxes built into it with handles on the front for pulling them out) for keeping clothes in
(used with an adjective) a person who dresses in the way mentioned
- a snappy dresser
see also cross-dresser
(in a theatre) a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed
Wordfinder
- cue
- dresser
- matinee
- opening night
- ovation
- performance
- prompter
- rehearsal
- scene-shifter
- stage manager
Topics Film and theatrec1

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (denoting a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared): from Old French dresseur, from dresser ‘prepare’, based on Latin directus ‘direct, straight’.

单词	dresser
释义	dresser noun /ˈdresə(r)/ /ˈdresər/ jump to other results (also Welsh dresser) (British English) a large piece of wooden furniture with shelves in the top part and cupboards below, used for displaying and storing cups, plates, etc. I put the kettle on and took two cups and saucers down from the dresser. The china display in her dresser was all blue and white. There was a small dresser in the corner of the room. Topics Houses and homesc2 (North American English) (North American English also bureau, chest of drawers British and North American English) a piece of furniture with drawers (= parts like boxes built into it with handles on the front for pulling them out) for keeping clothes in (used with an adjective) a person who dresses in the way mentioned a snappy dresser see also cross-dresser (in a theatre) a person whose job is to take care of an actor’s clothes for a play and help him/her to get dressed Wordfinder cue dresser matinee opening night ovation performance prompter rehearsal scene-shifter stage manager Topics Film and theatrec1 Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late Middle English (denoting a kitchen sideboard or table on which food was prepared): from Old French dresseur, from dresser ‘prepare’, based on Latin directus ‘direct, straight’.
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