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drawer

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: drawer

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n
a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
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n
an artist skilled at drawing
3
n
the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: drawer
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n a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

Type of:
container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
storage space
the area in any structure that provides space for storage
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n an artist skilled at drawing

Synonyms:
draftsman
Examples:
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Jules Feifer
United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929)
Reuben Lucius Goldberg
United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
William Henry Mauldin
United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003)
Thomas Nast
United States political cartoonist (1840-1902)
Charles Munroe Schulz
United States cartoonist whose comic strip included the beagle Snoopy (1922-2000)
Shelby Silverstein
United States poet and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (1932-1999)
Saul Steinberg
United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999)
Sir John Tenniel
English cartoonist (1820-1914)
James Grover Thurber
United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
Types:
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cartoonist
a person who draws cartoons
pavement artist
someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)
sketcher
someone who draws sketches
lampoon artist
a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations
Type of:
artist, creative person
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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n the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

Type of:
money dealer, money handler
a person who receives or invests or pays out money
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