dresser

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /ˈdrɛsər/ UK /ˈdrɛsə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a chest of drawers or a kitchen sideboard for dishes

She kept her grandmother's china on the oak dresser.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a chest of drawers or a... sideboard bureau chest cabinet cupboard commode

Word family

Related forms dress dressing

Etymology

From Old French 'dresseur' / 'dressoir' ('sideboard for preparing food'), from 'dresser' ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin 'directus' ('straight, direct').

dressoir Old French directus Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# dresser

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdrɛsər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdrɛsə/

## Meanings
1. a chest of drawers or a kitchen sideboard for dishes

## Examples
- She kept her grandmother's china on the oak dresser.

## Synonyms
- sideboard
- bureau
- chest
- cabinet
- cupboard
- commode

## Related Forms
- dress
- dressing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dressoir
- Root: directus

## Etymology
From Old French 'dresseur' / 'dressoir' ('sideboard for preparing food'), from 'dresser' ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin 'directus' ('straight, direct').

## AI Etymology
Dresser is from Old French 'dresseur' / 'dressoir' ('sideboard for preparing food'), from 'dresser' ('to arrange, set up'), ultimately from Latin 'directus' ('straight, direct'). The ancestry passes through Old French dressoir and Latin directus. In present use as a noun, it means "a chest of drawers or a kitchen sideboard for dishes", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include dress and dressing. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in dress and dressing, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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