ตู้เสื้อผ้า

Explanation

The word combines ตู้, “cabinet,” with เสื้อผ้า, “clothes,” so its basic image is a cabinet for clothing. It typically refers to a freestanding wardrobe with doors, but it can also describe fitted clothing storage. ตู้เสื้อผ้าบิวท์อิน specifies a built-in wardrobe. Common classifiers include ใบ and หลัง. The word often occurs with verbs such as เปิด “open,” ปิด “close,” and จัด “organize.”

Usage

It is commonly used when describing bedroom furniture or room amenities, saying where clothes are kept, shopping for furniture, moving, or organizing a room.

Caution

It does not refer to every kind of general storage closet. Use ตู้เก็บของ for a cupboard holding miscellaneous items and ราวแขวนเสื้อผ้า for an open clothes rack.

1 wardrobe synonyms

• ตู้เก็บเสื้อผ้า

  ตู้เก็บเสื้อผ้า explicitly describes a cabinet used to store clothes. ตู้เสื้อผ้า is shorter and is the usual everyday name for this piece of furniture.