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English Dictionary: wardrobe by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wardrobe
n
  1. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
    Synonym(s): wardrobe, closet, press
  2. collection of clothing belonging to one person
  3. collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wardrobe \Ward"robe`\, n. [OE. warderobe, OF. warderobe, F.
      garderobe; of German origin. See {Ward}, v. t., and {Robe}.]
      1. A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing
            apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up
            clothes.
  
      2. Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal
            decoration.
  
                     Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. --Milton.
  
                     With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe.
                                                                              --T. Hughes.
  
      3. A privy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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