wardrobe
IPA: wˈɔrdroʊb
noun
- (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, uncommon) 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, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
- (obsolete) A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating.
- (hunting, obsolete) Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
verb
- (intransitive) To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
- Ordering a clothing item online and returning it for a refund after having worn it.
- Ordering multiple sizes of the same clothing item online and returning all but the one that fits best.
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Examples of "wardrobe" in Sentences
- I put my clothes in the wardrobe.
- We've designed the sets and the wardrobe.
- She also designed the sets and the wardrobe.
- He opened the wardrobe to check out his outfit.
- The hat and ornate buttons are part of the official wardrobe.
- As wardrobes go, sartorial choices like these don't just happen.
- The viewer is again shown the photographs of a girl on the wardrobe.
- The door opens, the camera enters the room, focusing on the wardrobe.
- The chamberman was the officer liable for the rulers' treasury and wardrobe.
- Blouses were rarely part of the fashionable woman's wardrobe until the 1890s.