Definition of "closet"
- noun
A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
A small private chamber.
A toilet; a water closet.
The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
- adjective
Secret.
- verb
To shut away for private discussion.
To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
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