chest of drawers

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chest of drawers

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

Sounds like (colloquial) Chester draws

noun chests of drawers

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

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noun furniture for the storage of clothes

Español	cómoda, cajonera
한국어	서랍장 seorapjang
日本語	箪笥 tansu
中文	五斗櫃 /五斗柜 wǔdǒuguì, 抽屜櫃 /抽屉柜 chōutìguì
Kiswahili	almari
Português	gaveteiro
Français	commode, chiffonnier
Deutsch	Kommode
Italiano	comò, cassettone, canterano, cassettiera
Ελληνικά	συρταριέρα syrtariéra
Română	comodă
Русский	комо́д komód, шифонье́р šifonʹjér, шкаф škaf, скры́ня skrýnja
العربية	كُمُودِينُو kumūdīnū, أَدْرَاجِيَّة ʔadrājiyya

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@misc{chest_of_drawers_2026,
  title = {chest of drawers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chest%20of%20drawers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}