Meaning & use
floordrobe
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UK/ˈflɔːdrəʊb/
US/ˈflɔrdroʊb/
Meaning
nouncountableinformalhumorous
A pile of clothes left on the bedroom floor instead of being put away, treated as if it were a wardrobe.
Grammar: Countable but often singular: my floordrobe is out of control.
Patterns
- raid the floordrobe
- a floordrobe of something
I found my sweater in the floordrobe again.
Her bedroom had a huge floordrobe by the window.
He dressed by picking something from the floordrobe.
Word forms
| plural | floordrobes |
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Common combinations
- raid the floordrobe
- I just raid the floordrobe every morning.
- the floordrobe pile
- The floordrobe pile reached the bed.
- a messy floordrobe
- She apologised for her messy floordrobe.
- add to the floordrobe
- He added his jeans to the floordrobe.
- clear the floordrobe
- Mum told me to clear the floordrobe.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pile of clothes
- Pile of clothes is neutral and plain, while floordrobe is joking and slangy.
- laundry pile
- A laundry pile is dirty clothes to be washed, but a floordrobe may hold clean clothes too.
- mess
- Mess is any untidiness, while floordrobe names clothes on the floor specifically.
Opposites
tidy wardrobe
Word family
Commonly confused: floordrobe or wardrobe?
floordrobe vs wardrobe
A wardrobe is a proper place for clothes; a floordrobe is clothes dropped on the floor.
Practice
What is a floordrobe?
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Floordrobe is a joke word for clothes left on the floor. It combines floor and wardrobe.
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