wardrobe UK /ˈwɔːdɹəʊb/US /ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/noun 14verb 3forms 3 noun14 •a tall closet with doors, standing in a bedroom, where clothes are hung and kept •A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom. •The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing. •Any collection of clothing. •A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes. •The building housing such a department. •The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s). •A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room. •(figurative) Any collection of anything. •(figurative) Anything that similarly stores or houses something.Now death... crams his store house to the top with bloud, Might I now and Andrea in one fight, Make vp thy wardroope Richer by a knight. — 1605 •(no longer used) A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom. •(no longer used) Any closet used for storing anything. •(euphemistic, no longer used) A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or (euphemistic) urinating and defecating. •(no longer used) Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game. verb3 •To order clothing online and return it for a refund after having worn it.Wardrobing, the act of buying a nice piece of clothing, wearing it once, and returning it, is an $8.8 billion problem for the retail industry. — 2015 •To order multiple sizes of the same clothing online and return all but the one that fits best. •To act as a wardrobe department; to provide clothing or sets of clothes.[…] impressed with the quality of the talent and production, good wardrobing and speedy pacing. — 1954 formswardrobed · wardrobing · wardrobes