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 Translation for 'chest of drawers' from English to Dutch
NOUN   a chest of drawers | chests of drawers
SYNO bureau | chest | chest of drawers | ...
ladekastje {het}chest of drawers
meubel
ladekast {de}
chest of drawers
Partial Matches
anat.
borstkas {de}
chest
2
kist {de}chest
borst {de}chest
5
schatkist {de}treasure chest
oorlogskas {de}war chest
huisapotheek {de}medicine chest
uit {prep}of
11
ongeacht {prep}regardless of
ongeacht {prep}irrespective of
gebrek {het} aanlack of
volle lepel {de}spoonful of
meerderjarig {adj}of age
kortgeleden {adv}of late
bestaan uitto consist of
wegens {prep}because of
uit {prep}out of
in plaats van {adv}instead of
spellen
klaveren- {adj}
of clubs
spellen
harten- {adj}
of hearts
spellen
schoppen- {adj}
of spades
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Usage Examples English
  • Angry and panicking, Jackie spins the mirror on the chest of drawers and, as it spins, Jackie backs away in terror when he sees that the double is looming larger and larger.
  • For example, if you have a chest of drawers with a warded lock you can make a skeleton key for that type of warded lock by filing away all but the last one or two teeth or bittings on both sides of the blade.
  • The priory was added to the monastery in 1773 and became popularly known as "Schubladkastenhaus" (Chest of Drawers House) because of its shape.
  • also chiffarobe or chifferobe, is a closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes (that is, a wardrobe or armoire) with a chest of drawers.
  • There it refers to a tall, narrow and elegant chest of drawers, frequently with a mirror attached on top.

  • More often than not this would consist of a Douro chair with packing case that would convert to a table, a washstand that would pack down into a hip bath, a camp bed and a chest of drawers with packing cases that would form a wardrobe.
  • As it resembled a piece of furniture, it became popularly known as the "Schubladkastenhaus" ("the chest-of-drawers house").
  • Built between 1775 and 1785 by Georg Christian Unger to plans by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, it was nicknamed the "Kommode" ("Chest of drawers") after its Neo Baroque design.
  • ... 1815), who had a workshop in the American city of Philadelphia where the still surviving Fox and Grapes chest of drawers was produced.
  • "Kandor 12", constructed in off-white resin and evocative of a group of chess pawns, or minarets, is encased in a shadowy brown bottle, which sits on a platform resembling a Greek column positioned in front of a chest of drawers and an illuminated translucent green wall.

  • A tallboy is a piece of furniture incorporating a chest of drawers and a wardrobe on top.
  • In larger bedrooms, a small desk and chair or an upholstered chair and a chest of drawers may also be used.
  • A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a dresser or a bureau, [...] is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers generally stacked one above another.
  • Moving on to the Sacristy, we see the large chest of drawers the work of the Basque Juan Martínez de Arrona, with wooden panels decorated with images of Christ, the twelve apostles, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Baptist; as well as the twelve articles of faith of the Apostles' Creed on each panel.
  • The first relevant definition reads: "A piece of furniture with drawers and shelves; in the bedroom, a sort of elaborate chest of drawers (so in French); in the drawing room, a large (and generally old-fashioned) kind of chiffonier."

  • This was followed by "I Gopher You" in 1954, featuring the Gophers in their first cartoon without the dog, attempting to retrieve their vegetables from a food processing plant; "Pests for Guests" in 1955, which has the gophers counter-antagonize the helpless Elmer Fudd when he buys a chest of drawers that they found appropriate for nut storage; and "Lumber Jerks" later that year, where the Gophers visit a saw mill in an attempt to retrieve their stolen tree home.
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