wardrobe

Meanings

Plural: wardrobes

Noun

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

Verb

• To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
• Ordering a clothing item online and returning it for a refund after having worn it.
• Ordering multiple sizes of the same clothing item online and returning all but the one that fits best.

Synonyms

armoir, bathroom, bedroom, closet, costume department, cupboard, dresser, press, shrank

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