closet

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English

Etymology

From Old French closet (clos +‎ -et)

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Noun

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Wikipedia closet (plural closets)

  1. (chiefly US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
  2. A small private chamber.
  3. A toilet; a water closet.
  4. (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet
    The 'closet' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
  5. (informal, attributive) Secretly.
    He's a closet Republican: he voted for Bush, but won't say so if you ask him.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
      Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

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to closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted)

  1. To have a private meeting.
    The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.

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Romanian

Etymology

From English (water) closet.

Noun

closet n. (plural closete)

  1. toilet, latrine, bathroom

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