a tall closet or cupboard, with a rail or hooks on which to hang clothes the total collection of articles of clothing belonging to one person the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ward•robe /ˈwɔrˌdroʊb/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Show Businessa collection of clothes or costumes.
- a piece of furniture or a closet for keeping or storing clothes.
- the department of a motion-picture or television studio that supplies clothes and costumes.
ward•robe
(wôr′drōb),USA pronunciation n., v., -robed, -rob•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- Show Businessa stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- Clothing, Furniturea piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.
- a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.
- the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.
- See wardrobe trunk.
- Show Businessa department in a motion-picture or television studio in charge of supplying and maintaining costumes:Report to wardrobe right after lunch.
v.t.
- to provide with a wardrobe.
- Anglo-French. See ward (verb, verbal), robe
- Middle English warderobe 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::