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

"It's still in the wardrobe with a couple hundred of my Newcastle tops," he said.

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Rather, like “Jekyll and Hyde, the two share a memory and even a wardrobe.”

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The runway show took place on the Paramount Studios lot and celebrated Hollywood costume design history, with original wardrobe from movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Orlando.”

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There is a kind of freedom he associates with the wardrobe of that time.

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Hernández’s androgynous wardrobe and open queerness bring another layer of potential discrimination, but despite the rampant homophobia persistent in present-day Cuba, she doesn’t feel much resistance.

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Related Words

• apparel 
• attire 
• closet 
• dresser 
• trunk