Phrase guide

chest of drawers

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /tʃɛst ov dɹɔːz/
  • UK: /-əv-/
  • UK, colloquial: /tʃɛs.tə dʒɹɔːz/
  • homophone: (colloquial) Chester draws

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dresser, bureau

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furniture

2

noun

Meaning 2

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chest, bureau, dresser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture

Narrower terms: chiffonier, commode, highboy, tallboy, lowboy

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: komodinë — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Arabic: كُمُودِينُو (kumūdīnū) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Arabic: أَدْرَاجِيَّة (ʔadrājiyya) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Arabic: كومودينو (komodīnu) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Armenian: կոմոդ (komod) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Azerbaijani: komod — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Belarusian: камо́да (kamóda) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Bulgarian: скрин (skrin) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Bulgarian: комо́д (komód) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Burmese: ဗီရို (birui) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Catalan: còmoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Catalan: calaixera — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Catalan: xifonier — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五斗櫃 /五斗柜 (wǔdǒuguì) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 抽屜櫃 /抽屉柜 (chōutìguì) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Czech: komoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Danish: kommode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Dutch: komode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Dutch: ladekast — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Esperanto: komodo — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Estonian: kummut — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Finnish: lipasto — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • French: commode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • French: chiffonnier — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Georgian: კომოდი (ḳomodi) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • German: Kommode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Greek: συρταριέρα (syrtariéra) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Hungarian: komód — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Hungarian: fiókos szekrény — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Icelandic: kommóða — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Italian: comò — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Italian: cassettone — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Italian: canterano — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Italian: cassettiera — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Japanese: 箪笥 (tansu) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Korean: 서랍장 (seorapjang) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Latvian: veļas skapis — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Latvian: kumode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Lithuanian: komoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Luxembourgish: Kammoud — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Macedonian: комо́да (komóda) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Maltese: gradenza — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Māori: hautōtō — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kommode — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Old English: hæġlċist — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Iranian Persian: کُمُدِ کِشودار (komod-e kešudâr) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Iranian Persian: دِراوَر (derâvar) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Polish: komoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Portuguese: gaveteiro — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cômoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • European Portuguese: cómoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Romanian: comodă — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Russian: комо́д (komód) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Russian: шифонье́р (šifonʹjér) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Russian: шкаф (škaf) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Russian: скры́ня (skrýnja) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: комо́да — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Serbo-Croatian: komóda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Slovak: bielizník — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Slovak: komoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Slovene: komoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Spanish: cómoda — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Spanish: cajonera — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Swahili: almari — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Swedish: byrå — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Swedish: kommod — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Turkish: şifonyer — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Ukrainian: комо́д (komód) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Ukrainian: комо́да (komóda) — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Uzbek: komod — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Volapük: layetatab — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Welsh: cist logellog — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Welsh: cistiau llogellog — furniture for the storage of clothes
  • Yiddish: קאַמאָד (kamod) — furniture for the storage of clothes