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Closet

see synonyms of closet

Noun

1. closet, cupboard

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

2. closet, loo, w.c., water closet

a toilet in Britain

3. closet, press, wardrobe

a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

4. closet

a small private room for study or prayer

Verb

5. closet

confine to a small space, as for intensive work

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Closet

see synonyms of closet
noun
1. 
a small cupboard or recess
2. 
a small private room
3.  short for water closet
4. (modifier)
private or secret
5. (modifier)
suited or appropriate for use in private
closet meditations
6. (modifier) US and Canadian
based on or devoted to theory; speculative
a closet strategist
verb -ets, -eting or -eted
7. (transitive)
to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation

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Closet

see synonyms of closet
noun
1. 
a small room or cupboard for clothes, household supplies, linens, etc.
2. 
a small, private room for reading, meditation, etc.
3. 
a monarch's private chamber as for prayer or conference
4. 
water closet
5. 
a state of secrecy, esp. concerning personal homosexual orientation or activity
used with the
adjective
6. 
private, secret, or clandestine
a closet drinker
7. 
marked by theorizing; speculative
closet thinking
verb transitive
8. 
to shut up in a private room for confidential discussion
to closet oneself with councilors

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Closet

see synonyms of closet
n.
1. A cabinet or enclosed recess for linens, household supplies, or clothing.
2. A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.
3. A water closet; a toilet.
4. 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.
tr.v. clos·et·ed, clos·et·ing, clos·ets
To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion: closeted themselves with their attorneys.
adj.
1. Private; confidential: closet information.
2. Being so or engaging only in private; secret: a closet proponent of a tax increase; a closet alcoholic.
3. Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.

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