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Closet - What does it mean?

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closet

English

Noun

(wikipedia closet) (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
    • (Dryden)
  • A small private chamber.
  • * Goldsmith
    • a chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine
  • * Bible, Matthew vi. 6
    • When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
  • A toilet; a water closet.
  • (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
    • The'' 'closet''' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.

    Synonyms

    * (A piece of furniture) cupboard, wardrobe, press (British), locker, cabinet

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Secret.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * closeted * closet oneself * come out of the closet * earth closet * in the closet * skeleton in the closet * water closet

    See also

    * come out * out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shut away for private discussion.
    • The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
  • To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
  • * (rfdate) (Bancroft)
    • He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
  • * (rfdate) (Froude)
    • He had been closeted with De Quadra.
  • To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
  • * (rfdate) (Cowper)
    • Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.

    Anagrams

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    Not English

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