wardrobe.
A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
Meaning & usage
A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
The building housing such a department.
Any closet used for storing anything.
A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
Any collection of clothing.
Any collection of anything.
A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating.
Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
Where this word comes from
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. By surface analysis, ward + robe.
To act as a wardrobe department; to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
To order clothing online and return it for a refund after having worn it.
To order multiple sizes of the same clothing online and return all but the one that fits best.
Where this word comes from
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. By surface analysis, ward + robe.
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