Definitions for wardrobeˈwɔr droʊb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ward•robeˈwɔr droʊb(n.; v.)-robed, -rob•ing.

  1. (n.)a collection or stock of clothes or costumes.

    Category: Showbiz, Clothing

  2. a piece of furniture for holding clothes, usu. a tall, upright case fitted with a rail or hooks for hanging clothes.

    Category: Furniture

  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. a department in a motion-picture or television studio that supplies and maintains costumes.

    Category: Showbiz

  5. (v.t.)to provide with a wardrobe.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of wardrobe:

1250–1300; ME warderobe < AF

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wardrobe, closet, press(noun)

    a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

  2. wardrobe(noun)

    collection of clothing belonging to one person

  3. wardrobe(noun)

    collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. wardrobe(noun)ˈwɔr droʊb

    the clothes sb owns

    your summer wardrobe

  2. wardrobeˈwɔr droʊb

    a closet for storing clothes

    ***Hang it in the wardrobe.

Wiktionary

  1. wardrobe(Noun)

    A cabinet in which clothes may be stored.

  2. wardrobe(Noun)

    The department (or people working in that department) that obtains and stores articles of clothing for use in theatrical or motion picture productions.

  3. wardrobe(Noun)

    A collection of clothing.

  4. Origin: From warderobe, a northern variant of garderobe, from garder ‘to keep safe’ + robe.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wardrobe(verb)

    a room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes

  2. Wardrobe(verb)

    wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration

  3. Wardrobe(verb)

    a privy


Translations for wardrobe

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

wardrobe(noun)

a cupboard in which clothes may be hung

Hang your suit in the wardrobe.

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