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Word entry · 6 letters

bureau

Best crossword clue

"Drawer chest"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊ/Part of speech nounSorted aberuuStarts with BEnds with U2 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2U3R4E5A6U

Definitions

  1. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau, earlier "coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize", from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”). Doublet of burel and borrel, taken from Old French.

Used in a sentence

  • Ashley Johnson is an energy, trade and economics expert at the National Bureau of Asian Research, based in the United States.
  • a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
  • Newt Gingrich gives powerful testimony to the appeal of “the last word in content providership” — speakers’ bureaus.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Drawer chest6 letters
02Office or dresser6 letters

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