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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
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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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