Wardrobe

Quick meaning: Wardrobe is a noun meaning (figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.

Meaning

(figuratively) A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) The building housing such a department.
2. A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
3. A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
4. A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
5. (figuratively) The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
6. (obsolete) A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
7. (obsolete) Any closet used for storing anything.

Example Sentences

[…] impressed with the quality of the talent and production, good wardrobing and speedy pacing.

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Wardrobing, the act of buying a nice piece of clothing, wearing it once, and returning it, is an $8.8 billion problem for the retail industry.

A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.

Word Forms

• wardrobes
• wardrobing
• wardrobed

Synonyms for wardrobe

Depending on context, synonyms include armoir, dresser, cupboard, closet, press, shrank.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include closet, press, cupboard, locker, armoire, dresser.

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