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)

wardrobed, wardrobing 

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

All the clothing on offer looks like it was stolen from Roan’s very own wardrobe.

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I love that simile because she did refer to her wardrobe as an “impenetrable fortress.”

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Some members of the ensemble play multiple roles and might don up to 15 costumes throughout the course of the show, says Karissa Toutloff, head of wardrobe.

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Others were burned with scalding water or hung upside down in a wardrobe.

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And trying to influence the way your partner dresses - buying them clothes, telling them their outfit doesn't work, or suggesting a wardrobe clear-out - is fraught with risk.

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Related Words

• apparel 
• attire 
• closet 
• dresser 
• trunk