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wardrobe.

A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/General-American
  1. A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.

    obsolete
  2. A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.

    figuratively
  3. The building housing such a department.

    figuratively
  4. Any closet used for storing anything.

    obsolete
  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).

    figuratively
  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.

    figuratively · uncommon
  10. The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.

    collective
  11. Any collection of clothing.

    collective · figuratively
  12. Any collection of anything.

    collective · figuratively · uncommon
  13. A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating.

    obsolete
  14. Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.

    obsolete
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.

verb/ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/Received-Pronunciation/ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/General-American
  1. To act as a wardrobe department; to provide clothing or sets of clothes.

    intransitive
  2. To order clothing online and return it for a refund after having worn it.

  3. 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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