closet /klozˈit/

1. A recess or cupboard off a room, esp in N America, a clothes cupboard or wardrobe
2. A small private room, formerly the private chamber of the sovereign
3. A privy
4. A horizontal band one-half the width of a bar (heraldry)

Secret, private

1. To shut up in or as if in, or take into, a closet
2. To conceal

closet play or closet drama noun

A play to be read rather than acted

closet queen noun (slang)

A male homosexual who does not openly admit his homosexuality

closet strategist noun

A mere theorist in strategy

be in the closet (informal)

To keep something secret (esp one's homosexuality)

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