Tallboy (Noun)
Meaning
A tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The tallboy stood against the wall, its lower section filled with clothes and its upper section with folded linens.
- She diligently dusted the tallboy, making sure not to miss any crevices or corners.
- When they moved into the old house, the tallboy in the bedroom was already there, its wooden finish scratched and faded.
- After helping his grandmother organize her clothes, he put them away neatly in her antique tallboy.
- The couple bought an elegant tallboy with intricate carvings to complement the bedroom furniture they had inherited from the previous owner.