1
obsolete
: a table or sideboard for preparing and serving food
2
: a cupboard to hold dishes and cooking utensils
3
: a chest of drawers or bureau with a mirror
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2025
Relocate items that can live elsewhere Consider your bedroom with a critical eye: Are there items that could be moved from your dresser into the bathroom?
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2025
Items that belong in the dresser can be a little trickier, but rolling these items instead of folding them can help avoid creases.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
Consider snagging this platform bed, which provides as much storage as a dresser without taking up any additional space.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Griffin’s loved ones remember him as a homebody and a sharp dresser who loved the Kansas City Chiefs, old Cadillac cars, barbecues and spending time with family, the obituary reads.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2025
Relocate items that can live elsewhere Consider your bedroom with a critical eye: Are there items that could be moved from your dresser into the bathroom?
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2025
Items that belong in the dresser can be a little trickier, but rolling these items instead of folding them can help avoid creases.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
Consider snagging this platform bed, which provides as much storage as a dresser without taking up any additional space.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Dresser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dresser. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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dresser
1 of 2 noun
dress·er
ˈdres-ər 
: a piece of furniture (as a chest or bureau) with a mirror
dresser
2 of 2 noun
: one that dresses
a fashionable dresser
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