No, because I don't think anyone except possibly the Queen would have one nowadays. But to me, a closet definitely suggests a room rather than a cupboard.
The first definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is: A room for privacy or retirement; a private room; an inner chamber.
If you get down to definition 3b, you'll see this:
A small side-room or recess for storing utensils, provisions, etc.; a cupboard. (Not very distinct from 4.) The normal N. Amer. usage.
A closet is, basically, a place where you put your clothes (excepting hall closets or linen closets. I'm just talking bedroom closets). A closet could be a walk-in or it could be a wall closet (absolutely no space to walk in). My sis has a huge walk-in closet that basically acts as a tiny room. I guess she could get dressed in it. But most closets I've seen...well, you don't dress in them. You just fetch your clothes and then dress in the bedroom.
See, "wardrobe", to me, is more likely to mean a person's collection of clothes. Like when you talk about "needing a new wardrobe". You're talking about getting new clothes cause you're bored with your old ones.
"Wardrobe" as a piece of furniture only exists in hoity-toity nancy countries.
I don't generally think of a wardrobe as a piece of furniture. (I mean, my old bedroom had one, because there wasn't a built-in wardrobe - but that's a bit unusual.) It's just... the cupboard the clothes go in.
Like when you talk about "needing a new wardrobe".
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say this except Americans on TV.
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Date: 2010-04-21 10:38 pm (UTC)The first definition in the Oxford English Dictionary is:
A room for privacy or retirement; a private room; an inner chamber.
If you get down to definition 3b, you'll see this:
A small side-room or recess for storing utensils, provisions, etc.; a cupboard. (Not very distinct from 4.) The normal N. Amer. usage.
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Date: 2010-04-21 11:04 pm (UTC)A closet is, basically, a place where you put your clothes (excepting hall closets or linen closets. I'm just talking bedroom closets). A closet could be a walk-in or it could be a wall closet (absolutely no space to walk in). My sis has a huge walk-in closet that basically acts as a tiny room. I guess she could get dressed in it. But most closets I've seen...well, you don't dress in them. You just fetch your clothes and then dress in the bedroom.
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Date: 2010-04-21 11:07 pm (UTC)The thing you keep clothes in is a wardrobe.
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Date: 2010-04-21 11:10 pm (UTC)"Wardrobe" as a piece of furniture only exists in hoity-toity nancy countries.
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Date: 2010-04-21 11:13 pm (UTC)Like when you talk about "needing a new wardrobe".
I don't think I've ever heard anyone say this except Americans on TV.
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Date: 2010-04-22 04:44 pm (UTC)And a wardrobe is definitely either a new set of clothes or some fancy piece of furniture. Ooh!! Like in Beauty & the Beast!
This (http://www.fi-donc.nl/collectibles/wdcc/2002dresser2002.jpg) is what Americans think of when someone says wardrobe.