Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chest, closet, or wardrobe in which clothes are kept.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wardrobe, closet, or cupboard in which clothes are placed; an armoire.
- noun A press in which clothing is creased and smoothed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A receptacle for clothes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
receptacle forclothes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a closet where clothes are stored
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothespress, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows.
Wuthering Heights 2002
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Her steward was bustling around trying to feed her, and Arrhae had been trying to resist him, while attempting to put right the formal clothes that she had packed—they had all looked good in the clothespress, all these kilts and flowing dark tunics, but now they seemed to require endless belting and pinning to drape as they were meant to.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Her steward was bustling around trying to feed her, and Arrhae had been trying to resist him, while attempting to put right the formal clothes that she had packed—they had all looked good in the clothespress, all these kilts and flowing dark tunics, but now they seemed to require endless belting and pinning to drape as they were meant to.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Finally one of them opened the clothespress and started scanning in there, and when he was finished, even started opening the drawers.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Then Arrhae shut the computer down, with a yawn not entirely feigned, went to the clothespress in the main room, and pulled out her carrybag.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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Her steward was bustling around trying to feed her, and Arrhae had been trying to resist him, while attempting to put right the formal clothes that she had packed—they had all looked good in the clothespress, all these kilts and flowing dark tunics, but now they seemed to require endless belting and pinning to drape as they were meant to.
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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Her steward was bustling around trying to feed her, and Arrhae had been trying to resist him, while attempting to put right the formal clothes that she had packed—they had all looked good in the clothespress, all these kilts and flowing dark tunics, but now they seemed to require endless belting and pinning to drape as they were meant to.
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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