wardrobe

UK: /ˈwɔː^rdrəʊb/ US: /ˈwɔrˌdroʊb/ ,(wôr′drōb)

Inflections of 'wardrobe' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

wardrobes

v 3rd person singular

wardrobing

v pres p

wardrobed

v past

wardrobed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ward•robe /ˈwɔrˌdroʊb/   n. [countable]

1. Show Business a collection of clothes or costumes.
2. a piece of furniture or a closet for keeping or storing clothes.
3. the department of a motion-picture or television studio that supplies clothes and costumes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ward•robe  (wôr′drōb), n., v., -robed, -rob•ing. 
n. 

1. Show Business a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
2. Clothing, Furniture a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall, upright case fitted with hooks, shelves, etc.
3. a room or place in which to keep clothes or costumes.
4. the department of a royal or other great household charged with the care of wearing apparel.
5. See wardrobe trunk. 
6. Show Business a department in a motion-picture or television studio in charge of supplying and maintaining costumes:
   Report to wardrobe right after lunch.

v.t. 

7. to provide with a wardrobe.

• Anglo-French. See ward (verb, verbal), robe
• Middle English warderobe 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

wardrobe / ˈwɔːdrəʊb/ noun

1. a tall closet or cupboard, with a rail or hooks on which to hang clothes
2. the total collection of articles of clothing belonging to one person
3. the collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or theatrical company

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Northern French warderobe, from warder to guard + robe robe