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drawer

/ˈdɹɔː/DRAWR
/ˈdɹɔɹ/DRAWR

Meaningthat which is drawn

Common meaning: a sliding box in a piece of furniture

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishdragan‘leer to prac, draw’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishdrawensource
  3. Englishdraw‘to pull’
  4. Englishformed in English from drawdrawer‘a sliding box in a piece of furniture’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from draw + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DRAW, p.179 · scan

Source words

  • dragan Old English · source word “to haul along”

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