Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chest of drawers

/tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: chest of -draw-ers
IPA: /tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/
British English: /tʃɛst ov dɹɔːz/

Inflected Forms

chests of drawers (plural)

Phrases

desk drawer

Frequently Paired Words

desk drawer armoire cabinet file cabinet

Synonyms

dresser bureau chest

Homonyms

(colloquial) Chester draws

Questions

How do you pronounce chest of drawers?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃɛst əv dɹɔɹz/.
What does chest of drawers mean?: A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.

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