## Meanings
1. A tall piece of furniture used for storing clothes.
2. All the clothes that one person owns.
3. The collection of costumes belonging to a theatre or film company.

## Examples
- She hung her coat in the wardrobe.
- He bought a whole new wardrobe for his trip.
- The costume designer manages the entire wardrobe.

## Synonyms
- bathroom

## Related Forms
- lowboy
- tallboy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: warderobe
- Root: warderoube
- Root: garderobe

## Etymology
From Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of garderobe.

## AI Etymology
Wardrobe is from Middle English warderobe, from Old Northern French warderoube, wardereube, northern variants of Old French garderobe, from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe. Subsequently influenced by various senses of garderobe as they developed in French. Doublet of garderobe. Important historical forms include Middle English warderobe, fro-nor warderoube, and Old French garderobe. In present-day use, it can mean a tall piece of furniture used for storing clothes, or all the clothes that one person owns.

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