chiffonnier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bureau noun A government department or agency, especially one handling a specific area of administration.
- chiffonier noun A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
Senses
chiffonnier is used for these senses in English:
- bureau (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
- chest of drawers A piece of furniture which has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above the other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes.
- ragman A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man.
- ragpicker A person who collects and sells unwanted household items such as rags and other refuse for a living, a rag and bone man (UK) or ragman (US).
bureau — full definition
- noun A government department or agency, especially one handling a specific area of administration.
- noun A chest of drawers for storing clothes, or a writing desk with compartments.
chiffonier — full definition
- noun A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
- noun One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.
- noun A receptacle for rags or shreds.