English Explanatory Dictionary

wardrobe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
  2. A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
  3. The building housing such a department.
  4. Any closet used for storing anything.
  5. A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
  6. The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
  7. A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
  8. A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
  9. Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
  10. The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
  11. Any collection of clothing.
  12. Any collection of anything.
verb
  1. To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
  2. Ordering a clothing item online and returning it for a refund after having worn it.
  3. Ordering multiple sizes of the same clothing item online and returning all but the one that fits best.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/ /ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/ en-us-wardrobe.ogg En-uk-wardrobe.ogg

Word forms

wardrobe wardrobes wardrobing wardrobed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old Northern French warder Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der. Proto-Germanic Frankish *roubader. Old French robe Old Northern French warderoubebor. Middle English warderobe English wardrobe From Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of garderobe.

Synonyms

costume department bathroom armoir dresser cupboard closet press shrank bedroom

Related words

lowboy tallboy

Derived words

removing wardrobe standing wardrobe walk-in wardrobe wardrobe account wardrobe bedstead wardrobe beetle wardrobe book wardrobe dealer wardrobe keeper wardrobe maid wardrobe malfunction wardrobe man wardrobe master wardrobe mistress wardrobe room wardrobe stuff wardrobe trunk wardrobe woman

Translations

Bulgarian: гардеро́б Catalan: guarda-roba Czech: šatna Danish: garderobe Finnish: puvusto Greek: ενδυματολόγιο Greek: κοστούμια Greek: γκαρνταρόμπα Irish: feisteas Italian: guardaroba Polish: garderoba Portuguese: guarda-roupa Portuguese: figurino Russian: гардеро́б Serbo-Croatian: гардеро́ба Serbo-Croatian: garderóba Spanish: guardarropía
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