wardrobe
• noun 1 a large, tall cupboard in which clothes may be hung or stored. 2 a person’s entire collection of clothes. 3 the costume department or costumes of a theatre or film company. 4 a department of a royal or noble household in charge of clothing. — ORIGIN originally in the sense private chamber : from Old French warderobe, garderobe (see GARDEROBE).
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