Definition of DRESSER

dresser

Plural: dressers

Noun

  • A person who dresses; a piece of furniture with drawers.
  • furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
  • a person who dresses in a particular way
    • "she's an elegant dresser"
    • "he's a meticulous dresser"
  • a wardrobe assistant for an actor
  • low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
  • a cabinet with shelves
  • An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
  • An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers (bureau), often with a mirror.
  • One who dresses in a particular way.
  • A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
  • A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
  • A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
  • A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
  • A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
  • A mechanical device used in ore mills for dressing (e.g., comminution, sorting, sifting).
  • A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
  • A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
  • One who dresses or prepares stone.

Examples

  • He kept his Scrabble dictionary on his dresser, always within reach.
  • He's a very snappy dresser.
  • ore dresser

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dressure, dressor, dressour, a borrowing from Old French drecëur, drecëure, from the verb dresser.

Synonyms

actor's assistant, bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dressing table, toilet table, vanity, bolt#Noun_2, bolter

Scrabble Score: 8

dresser: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dresser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dresser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

dresser: valid Words With Friends Word