Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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drawer

UK /dɹɔː(ɹ)/ · US /dɹɔɹ/ noun

Forms drawers

  1. noun An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
  2. noun (graphical user interface) A side panel containing supplementary content.
  3. noun An artist who primarily makes drawings.
  4. noun (banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
  5. noun A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
  6. noun Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
  7. noun (mining, historical) A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

Synonyms

draughtsman draftsman

Etymology

From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.

From Middle English drawer, from draw + -er (agent noun suffix). Attested from the 14th century.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak.
  2. noun That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “drawer”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “drawer” (best matches first).