desk drawer

Pulls out horizontally

A desk drawer is a sliding compartment built into a desk for storing papers, supplies, and small objects.

Desks typically have several drawers of varying sizes.

The term sometimes appears figuratively for where ideas or projects are shelved indefinitely: That proposal has been sitting in a desk drawer for months.

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office supplies · clutter · pens · paperclips · paper clips · stapler · filing · wooden · sliding · locked · secret · personal effects · junk · rummage · stash · compartment · office · storage

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storage location/accessibility

desk drawerdesktop

Primary computer interface

desk surface · tabletop · open shelf · display case · countertop

furniture storage type

desk drawerfiling cabinet

Furniture for organized papers

storage closet · cardboard box · wardrobe · storage room · attic

Family

desk, drawer, desks, draw, draws, drew, drawn, drawing, drawings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G