wardrobe

[ wawr-drohb ]
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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.

  1. a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.

  2. the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.

  3. 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),ward·robed, ward·rob·ing.
  1. to provide with a wardrobe.

Origin of wardrobe

1
1250–1300; Middle English warderobe<Anglo-French. See ward (v.), robe

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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

  1. the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company

Origin of wardrobe

1
C14: from Old Northern French warderobe, from warder to guard + robe robe

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