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  1. 1. n. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To make into a closet for a secret interview. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a toilet in Britain Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a small private room for study or prayer Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. confine to a small space, as for intensive work Source: wordnet
  10. 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. Source: webster
  11. 11. v:2/n:98 n. a small private room for study or prayer v. confine to a small space, as for intensive work Source: ecdict

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