wardrobe
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Sense 1
- noun
- B1
A tall piece of furniture with doors, used for hanging and keeping clothes.
Hang your coat in the wardrobe, not over the chair.
We could not get the wardrobe through the narrow doorway.
There is a spare blanket on top of the wardrobe.
The wardrobe door squeaks every time I open it.
Common collocations: built-in wardrobe · wardrobe door · hang something in the wardrobe · open the wardrobe · wooden wardrobe
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
All the clothes that a person owns.
She spent the weekend sorting out her winter wardrobe.
His wardrobe consists mostly of jeans and plain shirts.
Two good jackets can refresh your whole wardrobe.
Common collocations: summer wardrobe · update your wardrobe · a whole new wardrobe · add something to your wardrobe
Forms
- plural
- wardrobes