Closet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cabinet or enclosed recess for linens, household supplies, or clothing.
  • n. A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.
  • n. A water closet; a toilet.
  • n. A state of secrecy or cautious privacy: Two days before the election, the candidate suddenly came out of the closet and denounced the proposed law.
  • v. To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion: closeted themselves with their attorneys.
  • adj. Private; confidential: closet information.
  • adj. Being so or engaging only in private; secret: a closet proponent of a tax increase; a closet alcoholic.
  • adj. Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
  • n. A small private chamber.
  • n. A toilet; a water closet.
  • n. The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
  • adj. Secret.
  • v. To shut away for private discussion.
  • v. To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
  • v. To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
  • n. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
  • v. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
  • v. To make into a closet for a secret interview.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. confine to a small space, as for intensive work
  • n. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
  • n. a toilet in Britain
  • n. a small private room for study or prayer
  • n. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  • Verb Form
    closeted    closeting    closets   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    confine    lav    toilet    can    lavatory    john    privy    bathroom   
    Form
    closeted    closeting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    conceal    room    cabinet    cuddy    press    cupboard    wardrobe    locker    qualifier   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    composite    deposit    posit   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cupboard    bathroom    bedroom    wardrobe    drawer    cellar    alcove    apartment    hallway    shelve