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ward·robe    Audio Help   [wawr-drohb] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -robed, -rob·ing.
–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.
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.
5.wardrobe trunk.
6.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)
7.to provide with a wardrobe.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME warderobe < AF. See ward (v.), robe]
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ward·robe    Audio Help   (wôr'drōb')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A tall cabinet, closet, or small room built to hold clothes.
  2. Garments considered as a group, especially all the articles of clothing that belong to one person.
    1. The costumes belonging to a theater or theatrical troupe.
    2. The place in which theatrical costumes are kept.
  3. The department in charge of wearing apparel, jewelry, and accessories in a royal or noble household.


[Middle English warderobe, from Old North French : warder, to guard; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots + robe, garment; see robe.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
wardrobe 
1387, "room where wearing apparel is kept," earlier "a private chamber" (c.1300), from O.N.Fr. warderobe, variant of O.Fr. garderobe "place where garments are kept," from warder "to keep, guard" (see ward (v.)) + robe "garment" (see robe). Meaning "a person's stock of clothes for wearing" is recorded from c.1400. Sense of "movable closed cupboard for wearing apparel" is recorded from 1794. Meaning "room in which theatrical costumes are kept" is attested from 1711.

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wardrobe

noun
1. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes 
2. collection of clothing belonging to one person 
3. collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company 

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wardrobe1 [ˈwoːdrəub] noun
a cupboard in which clothes may be hung
Example: Hang your suit in the wardrobe.
Arabic: خِزانَة ثِياب
Chinese (Simplified): 衣柜
Chinese (Traditional): 衣櫃
Czech: šatník
Danish: klædeskab
Dutch: kleerkast
Estonian: riidekapp
Finnish: vaatekomero
French: garde-robe
German: die Garderobe
Greek: ντουλάπα
Hungarian: szekrény
Icelandic: fataskápur
Indonesian: lemari gantung
Italian: armadio
Japanese: 洋服だんす
Korean: 옷장
Latvian: drēbju skapis
Lithuanian: drabužių spinta
Norwegian: kles-, *garderobeskap
Polish: szafa
Portuguese (Brazil): guarda-roupa
Portuguese (Portugal): guarda-vestidos
Romanian: şifonier
Russian: платяной шкаф
Slovak: šatník
Slovenian: omara
Spanish: guardarropa, ropero
Swedish: garderob
Turkish: gardrop
wardrobe2 [ˈwoːdrəub] noun
a stock of clothing
Example: She bought a complete new wardrobe in Paris.
Arabic: مَجموعَة ثِياب
Chinese (Simplified): 大衣箱
Chinese (Traditional): 大衣箱
Czech: garderoba
Danish: garderobe
Dutch: garderobe
Estonian: riided
Finnish: puvusto
French: garde-robe
German: die Garderobe
Greek: γκαρνταρόμπα
Hungarian: ruhatár
Icelandic: fatnaður
Indonesian: persediaan pakaian
Italian: guardaroba
Japanese: 持ち衣裳
Korean: 옷가지; 의상
Latvian: garderobe; tērpi
Lithuanian: drabužiai, garderobas
Norwegian: garderobe, klær
Polish: garderoba
Portuguese (Brazil): guarda-roupa
Portuguese (Portugal): guarda-roupa
Romanian: garderobă, dulap
Russian: гардероб
Slovak: garderóba
Slovenian: garderoba
Spanish: vestuario
Swedish: garderob
Turkish: gardrop, kıyafetler
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Wardrobe

Ward"robe`\, n. [OE. warderobe, OF. warderobe, F. garderobe; of German origin. See Ward, v. t., and Robe.]

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

2. Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration.

Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. --Milton.

With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. --T. Hughes.

3. A privy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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