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wardrobe

[ wawr-drohb ]

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. 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)

wardrobed, wardrobing.
  1. to provide with a wardrobe.

wardrobe

/ ˈɔːəʊ /

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
  3. the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wardrobe1

1250–1300; Middle English warderobe < Anglo-French. See ward (v.), robe
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wardrobe1

C14: from Old Northern French warderobe, from warder to guard + robe robe
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He claimed during the trial that had been a "joke" and any money received had been money from his now late father – who "kept a box of £20 notes in his wardrobe".

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The “What Not To Wear” system involved secret footage, ambushes, a “360 degree mirror” in which the subject was required to explain her old wardrobe, soon to be discarded forever.

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"The turn in weather means shoppers will be thinking about refreshing their wardrobes and homes," said Ms Berg.

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The wardrobe fills out the one blank wall I had left in the bedroom.

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I grew up wearing handmade clothes when I was small because my mom, who was raised in poverty, knew how to create a wardrobe with little money.

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