I actually use both terms (dresser and chest of drawers... although when I was really little, I remember thinking the term was "Chester Drawers." Hee!) pretty interchangeably.
I think that "wardrobe" doesn't get used as much in the US, mostly because most houses have built in closets, so it just never really made it as strongly into our vocabulary.
As for the place where you keep food? We have a pantry, but we also keep food in what I would call the cupboards.
It looks like you guys only use wardrobe for stand-alone pieces of furniture. Which I find utterly weird - over here, we have stand-alone wardrobes, built-in wardrobes, walk-in wardrobes...
Pretty much. Wardrobes are large pieces of furniture with doors for storage. Closets are rooms (and can be linen closet, coat closet, bedroom closet, etc). Pantry is also a room (closet for food) or a large cabinet for food. Cabinets are millwork/casework built-in pieces.
Although the question sort of reminds me of an interior design professor I had in college that had conniption fits if we used the term "couch" saying those aren't couches they're sofas or settees. The term "couch" was forbidden unless we were referring to a chaise/'fainting couch' which, seriously, who calls them fainting couches any more? (Except Mad Men)
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I think that "wardrobe" doesn't get used as much in the US, mostly because most houses have built in closets, so it just never really made it as strongly into our vocabulary.
As for the place where you keep food? We have a pantry, but we also keep food in what I would call the cupboards.
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Although the question sort of reminds me of an interior design professor I had in college that had conniption fits if we used the term "couch" saying those aren't couches they're sofas or settees. The term "couch" was forbidden unless we were referring to a chaise/'fainting couch' which, seriously, who calls them fainting couches any more? (Except Mad Men)