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 Worddresser: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dresser: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary