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Armoire

Furnishings
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A tall, freestanding cabinet for clothing or linens. It often has doors, drawers, and an imposing presence.

Detailed Definition
An armoire is a large wardrobe-like cabinet, traditionally made of carved wood and fitted with doors, shelves, or drawers for garments and household textiles. In poetry, it can suggest inherited domestic life, secrecy, or the weight of stored memory: cedar scents, folded mourning clothes, and locked compartments may turn an armoire into a symbol of concealment, ancestry, or a room’s silent authority.
Example
Example in poetry:
The armoire stood like a dark gate in the bedroom, keeping winter coats and older winters; In her poem, the poet uses an armoire's mirrored door to show a speaker confronting her changing face; “Inside the cedar armoire, mothballs preserve the scent of my grandmother's scarves”; An armoire can symbolize secrecy when a poem describes letters hidden behind its hanging clothes
Additional Notes
Often used to suggest old-world grandeur, secrecy, or domestic inheritance; its doors can conceal clothes, letters, or memories. Related to wardrobe and cabinet.
Also Known As
Wardrobe Clothes Press
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