n. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy; a small supplementary apartment communicating with another, as a dressing-room with a bedroom; hence, in religious literature, the place or habit of devotional seclusion.n. A small side room or inclosed recess for storing utensils, clothing, provisions, curiosities, etc.n. A bedroom.n. A secret place; a place for the storing of precious things.n. An inclosed or inside part.n. In heraldry, a diminutive of the bar, one half of its width.Restricted, as to a closet; pertaining to or done in privacy or seclusion; suitable to or designed for private consideration or use; private; secluded: as, a closet conference or intrigue; closet reflections; a closet book or picture.Intimate; sharing one's privacy.Fitted only for seclusion or the privacy of a scholar; not adapted to the conditions of a practical life; merely theoretical; unpractical: as, a closet philosopher or theory.To inclose or shut up, as in a closet or close compartment.To admit into or as into a closet, as for concealment or for private and confidential or clandestine consultation: used chiefly in the past participle.