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/ˈdɹɛsə/ · noun
(UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils..
The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine.
But it went through her like a flash of hot fire when, in passing, he lurched against the dresser, setting the tins rattling, and clutched at the white pot knobs for support.
The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.
He's a very snappy dresser.
The leading lady also went out of her way to congratulate the young neophyte effusively on her triumph—and then slapped her unfortunate dresser on very insufficient provocation; […]
In the Queen's coach are the Queen's stateroom and bathroom, the Royal Family lounge, lady-in-waiting's compartment and bathroom, and dresser's room.
The former royal butler Guy Hunting recalls the uphill task faced by the Princess's dresser, Isobel Mathieson, each morning. 'During her many years with Princess Margaret, the biggest challenge Isobel faced each day was separating the royal body from its bed.
On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when someone tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Bart's.
Use dresser when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dresser means (UK) An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils..
Common synonyms include bolt, bolter, chest, chest of drawers.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The pewter plates on the dresser / Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine.
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