closet
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English
Etymology
From Old French closet (clos + -et)
Pronunciation
Noun
Wikipedia has an article on: ClosetWikipedia closet (plural closets)
- (chiefly US) 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.
- (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.
- (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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- closeted
- closet oneself
- come out of the closet
- earth closet
- in the closet
- skeleton in the closet
- water closet
See also
Verb
to closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted)
- 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.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From English (water) closet.
Noun
closet n. (plural closete)
See also
- baie
- toaletă
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