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closet
n. cabinet; small storage room, pantry
 
v. meet together privately in a room
 
adj. private; secret, covert (Slang)


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Closet
A closet (especially in North American usage) is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. A closet for food storage is usually referred to as a pantry. Closets can be built into the walls of the house during construction so that they take up no space in the room, or they can be a large, free-standing piece of furniture designed for clothes storage, in which case they are often called a wardrobe or armoire. Closets are often built under stairs, thereby using awkward space that would otherwise go unused. In current British usage, a "wardrobe" can also be built-in, and the word "cupboard" can be used to refer to a closet. In Elizabethan and Middle English, closet referred to a larger room in which a person could sit and read in private, but now refers to a small room in general.
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closet
Noun
1. a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
(synonym) cupboard
(hypernym) storage space
(hyponym) airing cupboard
2. a toilet in England
(synonym) water closet, W.C., loo
(hypernym) toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom
3. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
(synonym) wardrobe, press
(hypernym) furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
(hyponym) armoire
4. a small private room for study or prayer
(hypernym) room
(hyponym) booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk
(part-meronym) shelf
Verb
1. confine to a small space, as for intensive work
(hypernym) confine
Adjective
1. (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications"
(synonym) closet(a), confidential, secret
(similar) private
2. indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals"
(synonym) closet(a), secret
(similar) covert


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closet (m)
n. built-in closet, built-in pantry (Latin America)

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closet
n. lavatory, toilet

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