Thesaurus: closet

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1. n. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
2. n. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
3. v. t. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
4. v. t. To make into a closet for a secret interview.
5. n. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
6. n. a toilet in Britain
7. n. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
8. n. a small private room for study or prayer
9. v. confine to a small space, as for intensive work
10. 1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall. 1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.] Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. Cowper. 2. To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.
11. v:2/n:98 n. a small private room for study or prayer v. confine to a small space, as for intensive work