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closet
[kloz-it]
noun
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
a small private room, especially 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.
adjective
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
closet
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
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
(modifier) based on or devoted to theory; speculative
a closet strategist
verb
(tr) to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of closet1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
“My most personal issue had me imprisoned. … It was a different society that I grew up in. Being closeted was the way to survive if you’re LGBTQ.”
Mary asks Derrick while swiping clothes from a closet at some fabulous Upper East Side soirée.
Maybe this story will inform a closeted Parkinson’s patient about programs like Kaizen Kinetics and empower them to pick up the phone and join.
“They want us to go away, to go back in the closet, not to be part of public life,” Wiener said.
This film had extraordinary, revelatory material, almost all of which Paul had saved in a closet in his bedroom.
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