drawer
n. countablen. a sliding box that is part of a piece of furniture, like a desk or a dresser. You pull it out to put things inside and push it back to hide them.
n. a box-shaped container that fits into a piece of furniture and can be pulled out horizontally to access its contents.
I keep my socks in the top drawer of the dresser.
She searched through every drawer in the kitchen looking for the spare set of house keys.
The antique desk features a hidden drawer concealed behind a false panel, designed to protect sensitive documents from prying eyes.
From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.
From Middle English drawer, from draw + -er (agent noun suffix). Attested from the 14th century.
Often used in the phrase 'top drawer' to metaphorically describe something of the highest quality.