Words / B2

DRES-uh/ˈdresə/

A dresser is a piece of furniture with cupboards and shelves (a kitchen or Welsh dresser); also a person who helps actors with costumes: a pine dresser; a theatre dresser. Sideboard is a close furniture twin; the US chest-of-drawers sense is not the first British exam meaning. A Welsh dresser featured in the inventory; name the wood. Mix-up: dresser vs dressing; dress; do not write dresser for a US bedroom chest unless the source is American.

Meaning

A piece of furniture with cupboards and shelves (a kitchen dresser); also a person who helps actors with costumes.

Examples

• “A Welsh dresser featured in the inventory; name the wood, not a furniture slogan.”
• “The dresser in the prompt book is the costume assistant, which is the theatre sense — still name the production.”

Good to know

a kitchen / Welsh dresser; a theatre dresser. Close: sideboard. US trap: chest of drawers. DT, history, and drama. A cupboard-and-shelf unit, or a costume assistant — specify; not a US chest by default.

Near in meaning

sideboard, cupboard, costumer

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