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WARDROBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wardrobe" is a kind of...):
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wardrobe"):
armoire (a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons)
clothes closet; clothespress (a closet where clothes are stored)
coat closet (a closet for storing outerwear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Collection of clothing belonging to one person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wardrobe" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Holonyms ("wardrobe" is a part of...):
article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wardrobe" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Holonyms ("wardrobe" is a part of...):
costume (the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball)
Context examples:
Not tables, toilettes, wardrobes, or drawers, but on one side perhaps the remains of a broken lute, on the other a ponderous chest which no efforts can open, and over the fireplace the portrait of some handsome warrior, whose features will so incomprehensibly strike you, that you will not be able to withdraw your eyes from it.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
They took with them the sumpter mules, which carried in panniers the wardrobe and table furniture of Sir Nigel; for the knight, though neither fop nor epicure, was very dainty in small matters, and loved, however bare the board or hard the life, that his napery should still be white and his spoon of silver.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you need to shop for new wardrobe items, this full moon of February 8, plus five days, could be an ideal time to find flattering selections.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I busied myself for an hour or two with arranging my things in my chamber, drawers, and wardrobe, in the order wherein I should wish to leave them during a brief absence.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
‘It is also my custom,’ said he, smiling in the most pleasant fashion until his eyes were just two little shining slits amid the white creases of his face, ‘to advance to my young ladies half their salary beforehand, so that they may meet any little expenses of their journey and their wardrobe.’
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her faith in her mother was a little shaken by the worldly plans attributed to her by Mrs. Moffat, who judged others by herself, and the sensible resolution to be contented with the simple wardrobe which suited a poor man's daughter was weakened by the unnecessary pity of girls who thought a shabby dress one of the greatest calamities under heaven.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
My love was so much in my mind and it was so natural to me to confide in Peggotty, when I found her again by my side of an evening with the old set of industrial implements, busily making the tour of my wardrobe, that I imparted to her, in a sufficiently roundabout way, my great secret.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She saw a large, well-proportioned apartment, an handsome dimity bed, arranged as unoccupied with an housemaid's care, a bright Bath stove, mahogany wardrobes, and neatly painted chairs, on which the warm beams of a western sun gaily poured through two sash windows!
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Also, treat yourself to several new items for your wardrobe because with Venus in Pisces, your selections will surely win you compliments.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I had not a very large wardrobe, though it was adequate to my wants; and the last day sufficed to pack my trunk,—the same I had brought with me eight years ago from Gateshead.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
