wardrobe

English

/ ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/, /ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
  • (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
  • (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
  • (obsolete) Any closet used for storing anything.
  • A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
  • (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
  • A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
  • A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
  • (figuratively) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
  • The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
  • (figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
  • (figuratively) Any collection of anything.
  • (obsolete) A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemism) urinating and defecating.
  • (hunting) Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English warderobe derived from warderoube derived from Old French garderobe.

Origin

Old French

garderobe

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