wardrobe
war·drobe S3 /ˈwɔːdrəʊb $ ˈwɔːrdroʊb/ noun
- [countable] British English a piece of furniture like a large cupboard that
you hang clothes in
- Can you hang these in the wardrobe, please?
- fitted/built-in wardrobes (=wardrobes build against a wall or fitted between
tow walls)
- [countable] the clothes that someone has
- You can win a complete new wardrobe
- winter/summer etc wardrobe (=the clothes you have for a particular time of
year)
- [singular] (also wardrobe department) a department in a theatre, television
company etc that deals with the clothes worn by the actors
supple
sup·ple /ˈsʌpəl/ adjective
- someone who is supple bends and moves easily and gracefully
- She exercises every day to keep herself supple.
- leather, skin, wood etch that is supple is soft and bends easily
- suppleness noun [uncountable]
moleskin
mole·skin /ˈməʊlˌskɪn $ ˈmoʊl-/ noun [uncountable]
- thick cotton cloth with a soft surface
- moleskin trousers
- the skin of a mole
woolen
wool·len British English, woolen American English /ˈwʊlən/ adjective [only
before noun]
- made of wool
- a woollen scarf
- relating to making cloth from wool
- the woollen industry
- a woollen mill
put in
- put something <-> in to fix a piece of equipment somewhere and connect ti so
that it is ready to be used
- We decided to have a new bathroom to put in.
- put something <-> in to spend time or use energy working or practising something
- Dorothy had put in a lot of hard work during her six years as chairperson
- put in something written to interrupt someone in order to say something
- ‘How old are you?’ ‘Sixteen’. ‘I am sixteen too,’ put in Dixie.
- put something <-> in to ask for something in an official way
- She put in an insurance claim
- We must put in an order by tonight
- put in for something
- I put in for a pay increase
- put your faith/trust/confidence in somebody/something to trust someone or
something or believe that they can do something
- I’m putting my faith in the appeal judges
- put in something to do something in a particular way, especially a
performance in a play, film, race etc:
- He put in a brilliant performance in the British Grand Prix.
- put in an appearance to go to a social event, meeting etc for a short time
- There was an hour yet before she needed to put in an appearance at the restaurant
- if a ship puts in, it enters a port
Reference
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English