noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/
General-American:/ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 2
A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
The building housing such a department.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
Any closet used for storing anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 5
A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
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noun
Meaning 6
The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 7
A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
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noun
Meaning 8
A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
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noun
Meaning 9
Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncommon
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noun
Meaning 10
The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
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noun
Meaning 11
Any collection of clothing.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 12
Any collection of anything.
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Usage: figuratively, uncommon
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noun
Meaning 13
A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 14
Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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verb
Meaning 15
To act as a wardrobe department; to provide clothing or sets of clothes.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 16
To order clothing online and return it for a refund after having worn it.
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verb
Meaning 17
To order multiple sizes of the same clothing online and return all but the one that fits best.
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noun
Meaning 18
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: closet, press
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Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
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.
Across languages
Translations
201 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gardërobë
— movable furniture for storing clothes
Arabic:
خِزَانَة
(ḵizāna)
— movable furniture for storing clothes