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Closet
/ˈklɒzɪt/
Any private area, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
📖 Definitions of "Closet"
noun
- 1
Any private area, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
- 2
Any private or inner room, (particularly):
- 3
A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.
- 4
A private cabinet, (particularly):
verb
- 1
To shut away for private discussion.
"The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit."
- 2
To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
- 3
To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
adjective
- 1
Private.
- 2
Secret, (especially) with reference to gay people who are in the closet; closeted.
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