wardrobe

[ wawr-drohb ]

noun

1. a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
2. a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.
3. a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.
4. the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.
5. wardrobe trunk.
6. a department in a motion-picture or television studio in charge of supplying and maintaining costumes:

   Report to wardrobe right after lunch.

verb (used with object)

, ward·robed, ward·rob·ing.

1. to provide with a wardrobe.

wardrobe

/ ˈwɔːdrəʊb /

noun

1. a tall closet or cupboard, with a rail or hooks on which to hang clothes
2. the total collection of articles of clothing belonging to one person
3. the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company

Word History and Origins

Origin of wardrobe¹

1250–1300; Middle English warderobe < Anglo-French. See ward (v.), robe

Word History and Origins

Origin of wardrobe¹

C14: from Old Northern French warderobe, from warder to guard + robe robe

Example Sentences

Fresh off the political debate that took place earlier this week, now more than ever, labels are releasing wardrobe selects to encourage any and everyone to go out get to the polls come election day.

From Essence.com

Some varieties are designed for ease of portability and others are designed as stylish compliments to your existing furniture, but they’re all effective options for showing off your wardrobe and keeping your most-worn items within arm’s reach.

From Popular-Science

For instance, the guest rooms, which aren’t massive, were stitched together to efficiently provide guests with the essentials like a custom blond-wood console that is at once a desk, a wardrobe, and a mini bar.

From Fortune

For students, the start of a new school year is often synonymous with the revamping of wardrobes and style.

From Popular-Science

Supremely convertible, dresses are ideal for a wide range of outdoor activities when traveling with a limited wardrobe.

From Outside Online

If I was to build a wardrobe fit for a president, I needed to know what I was working with.

From The Daily Beast

He derived enormous satisfaction from some customers choosing to base the rest of their wardrobe around his socks.

From The Daily Beast

But it is the designs for less formal occasions where Kate has found a fundamental component of her working wardrobe.

From The Daily Beast

The blame ultimately must fall on Kate's wardrobe team for failign to protect her from such continued and repeated embarrasments.

From The Daily Beast

Jacqueline Kennedy helped change all that in the 1960s, with her unflappable chic and wardrobe full of haute couture.

From The Daily Beast

My son gives the young men and women a complete wardrobe when they start out to win their way in life, and the details fall on me.

From Project Gutenberg

It occurs commonly enough in the Royal Wardrobe Accounts, and means simply "a messenger."

From Project Gutenberg

There was no finery in her wardrobe, a few neat cotton gowns for summer wear, and homespun for the winter—that was all.

From Project Gutenberg

In purchasing goods for the wardrobe, let each material be the best of its kind.

From Project Gutenberg

Every chest of drawers, and wardrobe, and closet in the house was ransacked, to find bed-quilts and blankets for the army.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• apparel
• attire
• closet
• dresser
• trunk