wardrobe

[ wawr-drohb ]

/ ˈwɔr droʊb /

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noun

a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.

a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.

a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.

the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.

wardrobe trunk.

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.

to provide with a wardrobe.

Nearby words

warder, wardian case, wardmote, wardour street, wardress, wardrobe, wardrobe malfunction, wardrobe mistress, wardrobe trunk, wardroom, wardship

Origin of wardrobe

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

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If I was to build a wardrobe fit for a president, I needed to know what I was working with.
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The blame ultimately must fall on Kate's wardrobe team for failign to protect her from such continued and repeated embarrasments.
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Jacqueline Kennedy helped change all that in the 1960s, with her unflappable chic and wardrobe full of haute couture.
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He always wants to find little flourishes in her wardrobe that are her way of expressing herself in a rather conservative world.
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The wardrobe trunk offered gaudy finery that did not interest the “ladies” overmuch.
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Miss Proctor has made a night-dress; and Monday I must commence vigorously upon her wardrobe.
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Joe said he had replenished his wardrobe, and bought the flat pie especially for me.
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She and I walked to my Lady's at the Wardrobe, and there dined and was exceeding much made of.
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By way of wardrobe accommodation, the back of the door was generously studded with hooks for hanging clothes.
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British Dictionary definitions for wardrobe

wardrobe

/ (ˈwɔːdrəʊb) /

noun

a tall closet or cupboard, with a rail or hooks on which to hang clothes

the total collection of articles of clothing belonging to one person

the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company

Word Origin for wardrobe

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

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wardrobe

noun

verb (used with object), ward·robed, ward·rob·ing.

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