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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clos•et /ˈklɑzɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]a small room or cabinet for storing clothing, food, etc. /def> - water closet.
adj. [before a noun] - secret, hidden, or private: a closet homosexual.
v. [~ + object] - to shut up in a room for a conference, etc.: The President was closeted with the senators for three hours.
Idioms- come out of the closet, to reveal a fact about oneself previously kept hidden or unmentioned, as one's homosexuality.
See -clos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clos•et (kloz′it),USA pronunciation n. - a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- a small private room, esp. one used for prayer, meditation, etc.
- a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy:Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day. Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet.
- See water closet.
adj. - private;
secluded. - suited for use or enjoyment in privacy:closet reflections; closet prayer.
- engaged in private study or speculation;
speculative;
unpractical:a closet thinker with no practical experience. - being or functioning as such in private;
secret:a closet anarchist.
v.t. - to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice):The Secretary of State was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session.
- Anglo-French, Middle French, equivalent. to clos close (noun, nominal) + -et -et
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: closet /ˈklɒzɪt/ n - a small cupboard or recess
- a small private room
- short for water closet
- (modifier) private or secret
- (modifier) suited or appropriate for use in private: closet meditations
vb ( -ets, -eting, -eted)- (transitive) to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from clos enclosure; see close1 |