wardrobe, closet, press
(noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
wardrobe
(noun) collection of clothing belonging to one person
wardrobe
(noun) collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wardrobe (plural wardrobes)
(obsolete) A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
(figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
(figuratively) The building housing such a department.
(obsolete) Any closet used for storing anything.
A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
(figuratively) 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.
(figuratively, uncommon) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
(figuratively) Any collection of clothing.
(figuratively, uncommon) Any collection of anything.
(obsolete) A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemism) urinating and defecating.
(hunting, obsolete) Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
• (movable furniture for storing clothes): armoir, dresser; cupboard (UK); closet (regional US), press (Irish & Scots), shrank
• (department overseeing costumes): costume department
• (sleeping chamber): See bedroom
• (lavatory or outhouse): See bathroom
wardrobe (third-person singular simple present wardrobes, present participle wardrobing, simple past and past participle wardrobed)
(intransitive) To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
• bareword, bore draw, bore-draw, drawbore
Source: Wiktionary
Ward"robe`, n. Etym: [OE. warderobe, OF. warderobe, F. garderobe; of German origin. See Ward, v. t., and Robe.]
1. A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.
2. Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. T. Hughes.
3. A privy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
