1
obsolete
: a table or sideboard for preparing and serving food
2
: a cupboard to hold dishes and cooking utensils
3
: a chest of drawers or bureau with a mirror
Examples of dresser in a Sentence
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Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
One liter should be enough to cover a small dresser.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2024
The roughly 13,000-square-foot building is typically filled to the brim with dining tables, chairs, couches, lamps, bed frames, dressers, cabinets, picture frames and more.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
The bedroom where the attack occurred held four twin-sized beds in each corner of the room, along with four small dressers.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The dresser, Jenny Holzer, has spent her career composing koan-like phrases and turning them into signs that lurk in museums and public places, waiting to pounce.
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Classic plaid, a vintage dresser, and old trophies add charm.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
According to the estimate, Moving Giants expected to move two queen size beds, two dressers, a four-drawer file cabinet, one medium-sized tent and 25 boxes.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Stay away from chandeliers, ceiling fans, fireplaces, bookcases and dressers — steer clear of any heavy objects that could fall onto you.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Noun
With a steel frame and six fabric drawers, the rustic dresser has a bunch of storage space.
—Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
One liter should be enough to cover a small dresser.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2024
The roughly 13,000-square-foot building is typically filled to the brim with dining tables, chairs, couches, lamps, bed frames, dressers, cabinets, picture frames and more.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 9 May 2024
The bedroom where the attack occurred held four twin-sized beds in each corner of the room, along with four small dressers.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The dresser, Jenny Holzer, has spent her career composing koan-like phrases and turning them into signs that lurk in museums and public places, waiting to pounce.
—The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
Classic plaid, a vintage dresser, and old trophies add charm.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
According to the estimate, Moving Giants expected to move two queen size beds, two dressers, a four-drawer file cabinet, one medium-sized tent and 25 boxes.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
Stay away from chandeliers, ceiling fans, fireplaces, bookcases and dressers — steer clear of any heavy objects that could fall onto you.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Dresser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dresser. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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dresser
1 of 2 noun
dress·er
ˈdres-ər 
: a piece of furniture (as a chest or bureau) with a mirror
dresser
2 of 2 noun
: one that dresses
a fashionable dresser
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