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wɑr noun
a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
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| —n | |
| a large cabinet, originally used for storing weapons | |
| [C16: from French, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium chest, closet; see | |
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Word Origin & History
armoire
1570s, from Fr. armoire, from armarie (12c.), from L. armarium "closet, chest, place for implements or tools," from arma "gear, tools, arms." Before being reborrowed from French, the word earlier was in English as ambry (late 14c.).
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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armoire
large two-door cupboard, usually movable and containing shelves, hanging space, and sometimes drawers. It was originally used for storing arms. The armoires designed by Andre-Charles Boulle, the cabinetmaker to Louis XIV in the late 17th century, are among the most sumptuous and imposing pieces of Western furniture.
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Example sentences
He unfolded my shirts, shook them crisply in the air, and then hung them in an armoire.
Each hotel room comes with armoire, antique tables, porcelain and bronze lamps and marble baths.
The room is the size of an armoire and sparsely furnished.
More prosperous farmers or cattlemen might also have an armoire and/or dresser.
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