Shelf vs Drawer - What's the difference?
shelf | drawer |
A flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
The capacity of such an object; as, a shelf of videos.
A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.
A reef, shoal or sandbar.
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
(non-gloss definition); one who draws.
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An artist who primarily makes drawings.
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
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Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w)
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As nouns the difference between shelf and drawer
is that shelf is a flat, rigid, rectangular structure, fixed at right angles to a wall, and used to support, store or display objects while drawer is an open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.shelf
English
(wikipedia shelf)Noun
(shelves)- Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
Synonyms
* (capacity) shelffulDerived terms
* bookshelf * continental shelf * off the shelf * on the shelf * shelfful * shelvy * shelf lifedrawer
English
(wikipedia drawer)Noun
(en noun)Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com :
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer . He had disappeared.}}
