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1. (n.) closet
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
2. closet
a small private room, esp. one used for prayer, meditation, etc.
3. closet
a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy.
4. (adj.) closet
private; secluded.
5. closet
suited for use or enjoyment in privacy:
closet prayer.
6. closet
engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; impractical:
a closet thinker.
7. closet
being or functioning as such in private; secret:
a closet homosexual.
8. (v.t.) closet
to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc.:
The President was closeted with the senators for three hours.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < AF, MF, =closclose (n.) +-et -et)
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| Definition of 'closet' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cupboard, closet
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
2. (noun) water closet, closet, W.C., loo
a toilet in Britain
3. (noun) wardrobe, closet, press
a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
4. (verb) closet
a small private room for study or prayer
5. (verb) closet
confine to a small space, as for intensive work
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1. (noun) closet
a storage space
shirts hanging in the closet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) closet
a small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy
2. (noun) closet
a small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc
3. (verb) closet
to shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal
4. (verb) closet
to make into a closet for a secret interview
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Sense: (American) a cupboard
a clothes closet.
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 Afrikaans: kabinet, kas |
 Arabic: خَزانَه |
 Bulgarian: килер |
 Brazilian: armário |
 Czech: skříň |
 German: die Kammer |
 Danish: skab |
 Greek: ντουλάπα |
 Spanish: armario |
 Estonian: kapp |
 Farsi: کمد؛ گنجه |
 Finnish: kaappi |
 French: placard |
 Hebrew: אָרוֹן |
 Hindi: अलमारी |
 Croatian: sobica, ugrađeni ormar |
 Hungarian: szekrény |
 Indonesian: lemari |
 Icelandic: (fata)skápur |
 Italian: armadio |
 Japanese: 戸だな |
 Korean: 벽장 |
 Lithuanian: spinta |
 Latvian: sienas skapis; pieliekama |
 Malay: almari pakaian |
 Dutch: kast |
 Norwegian: (garderobe)skap |
 Polish: szafa |
 Persian: کمد؛ گنجه |
 Pashto: ګوچنۍ خونى ته دخبظودپاره |
 Portuguese: armário |
 Romanian: dulap |
 Russian: стенной шкаф |
 Slovak: skriňa |
 Slovenian: omara |
 Serbian: plakar |
 Swedish: skåp, garderob |
 Thai: ตู้ |
 Turkish: gömme dolap |
 Taiwanese: 衣櫥，壁櫥 |
 Ukrainian: комірчина, шафа |
 Urdu: الماری |
 Vietnamese: tủ |
 Chinese: 衣橱，壁橱 |
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