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bureau
noun
a
tall
piece
of
bedroom
furniture
with
several
drawers
used
for
storing
clothes
•
Jacob
folded
his
T-shirts
and
placed
them
neatly
in
the
top
drawer
of
the
bureau
.
Jacob
folded
his
T-shirts
and
placed
them
neatly
in
the
top
drawer
of
the
bureau
.
•
An
old
oak
bureau
stood
against
the
wall
,
its
brass
handles
polished
to
a
shine
.
An
old
oak
bureau
stood
against
the
wall
,
its
brass
handles
polished
to
a
shine
.
Sense
developed
in
North
American
English
in
the
19th
century
when
“
bureau
”
came
to
describe
a
chest
of
drawers
placed
in
a
bedroom
.
noun
a
government
department
,
agency
,
or
an
office
of
an
organization
that
is
responsible
for
a
particular
kind
of
work
•
The
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
solved
the
case
in
record
time
.
The
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
solved
the
case
in
record
time
.
•
Olivia
handed
her
passport
forms
to
a
clerk
at
the
passport
bureau
downtown
.
Olivia
handed
her
passport
forms
to
a
clerk
at
the
passport
bureau
downtown
.
Borrowed
into
English
in
the
17th
century
from
French
“
bureau
,”
originally
meaning
a
cloth
covering
a
desk
,
later
the
desk
itself
,
and
by
extension
an
office
or
department
.
noun
a
writing
desk
with
drawers
and
a
hinged
or
sloping
front
that
folds
down
to
provide
a
writing
surface
•
Oliver
unlocked
the
bureau
and
pulled
down
the
flap
to
write
a
letter
.
Oliver
unlocked
the
bureau
and
pulled
down
the
flap
to
write
a
letter
.
•
The
antique
bureau
in
the
study
is
made
of
polished
mahogany
.
The
antique
bureau
in
the
study
is
made
of
polished
mahogany
.
From
French
“
bureau
”
meaning
a
desk
or
office
;
in
British
English
the
term
kept
its
original
furniture
sense
into
modern
times
.
