CHIFFONIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chiffonier mean? 

• CHIFFONIER (noun)
  The noun CHIFFONIER has 1 sense:

1. a tall elegant chest of drawers

  Familiarity information: CHIFFONIER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIFFONIER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tall elegant chest of drawers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chiffonier; commode

Hypernyms ("chiffonier" is a kind of...):

bureau; chest; chest of drawers; dresser (furniture with drawers for keeping clothes)

Meronyms (parts of "chiffonier"):

drawer (a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out)

 Context examples 

Mr. Micawber had a few books on a little chiffonier, which he called the library; and those went first.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)