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# wardrobe

«wardrobe» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall cupboard where you hang clothes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wardrobe, wardrobes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wardrobe is a tall cupboard where you hang clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#m1)

2) Your wardrobe is also all the clothes you own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#m2)

3) In a theatre, the wardrobe is the department that keeps and makes the costumes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a wardrobe is part of bedroom furniture; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand a «wardrobe» is common, while Americans often say «closet» for a built-in one. In stories it is famous from «The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe», where children walk through a wardrobe into Narnia. Phrases: «in the wardrobe», «a winter wardrobe», «wardrobe malfunction», «wardrobe door».

### examples

- Please hang your coat in the wardrobe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x1)
- The wardrobe has two doors and a mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x2)
- Lucy stepped into the wardrobe and found snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x3)
- She needs a new winter wardrobe because she grew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x4)
- My dad's wardrobe is mostly jeans and T-shirts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x5)
- The actors got their costumes from the wardrobe department. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x6)
- Never climb on a wardrobe; it could tip over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x7)
- We put the spare blankets on top of the wardrobe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x8)
- The princesses began at once to open their wardrobes and boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/#x9)

### note

Countable: a wardrobe, wardrobes. US English often uses «closet»; UK «cupboard» is usually smaller. Safety: tall furniture like wardrobes should be fixed to the wall so it cannot fall on a child.

### In the corpora

- [Two weeks before his birthday, Ethan in Denver found his presents at the top of Mum's wardrobe and peeked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/0/)
- [A half-truth, like a clear floor with everything stuffed in the wardrobe, is still a trick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/427-i-did-brush-my-teeth-little-lies-at-home/24/)
- [He sticks it inside his wardrobe door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/485-what-a-real-friend-is/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wardrobe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wardrobe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.