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wardrobe

n. countable
A2 Elementary US //ˈwɔɹˌdɹoʊb// UK //wˈɔːdɹəʊb// wardrobe Archaic

n. a tall piece of furniture where you hang your clothes. It can also mean all the clothes that a person owns.

n. a large, freestanding cabinet or tall cupboard designed for storing clothes; by extension, the entire collection of garments owned or worn by an individual.


SIMPLE

She hung her new coat in the wardrobe.

CONTEXTUAL

After starting her first office job, she realized she needed to update her professional wardrobe with more formal suits.

COMPLEX

The heavy oak wardrobe dominated the corner of the bedroom, its doors concealing a vast array of vintage dresses and tailored coats from the previous century.

Synonyms
Origin

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.

Usage

Countable when referring to the furniture or a specific collection of clothes; often used with 'in' for the furniture and 'of' for the collection.

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