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# drawer

noun (drawer, drawers)

«drawer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A drawer is a box in a table, desk or cupboard that slides in and out, for keeping things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#m1)
2. A drawer is also a person who draws pictures (rare). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#m2)

### In the lessons

a container: things in each drawer; socks taken out of a drawer; in everyday life: a sock drawer, a kitchen drawer for spoons, a desk drawer for pencils; in safety: keep sharp knives and medicines in closed drawers away from small children; phrases: «top drawer» (the best), «chest of drawers»

### Examples

- Each drawer holds 8 shirts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x1)
- The desk has 3 drawers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x2)
- There are 10 socks in the drawer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x3)
- How many pencils are in 4 drawers? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x4)
- The spoons are in the top drawer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x5)
- She keeps her socks in the bottom drawer of the chest of drawers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x6)
- Close the drawer so nobody trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x7)
- He found an old letter at the back of the drawer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x8)
- It is quite like tidying up drawers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/#x9)

### Note

Equal groups. Trap in «socks from a drawer without looking»: think of the worst case. Pronounced like «draw», one syllable in UK speech. Plural: drawers. A «chest of drawers» is one piece of furniture.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, a "drawer of water" is a person who does the humble work of carrying water.

**Interpretation.** The phrase, together with "hewer of wood", shows that even the lowest workers stood before God in the covenant.

### Examples

- your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; (Torah DEU.29.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drawer/#x1)
- Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.' (Prophets JOS.9.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drawer/#x2)
- And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them. (Prophets JOS.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drawer/#x3)
- And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, unto this day, in the place which He should choose. (Prophets JOS.9.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drawer/#x4)

### Note

Equal groups. Trap in «socks from a drawer without looking»: think of the worst case. Pronounced like «draw», one syllable in UK speech. Plural: drawers. A «chest of drawers» is one piece of furniture.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drawer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drawer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drawer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «drawer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/drawer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drawer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/drawer.html) on Mova free.