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Adjective(1) (of information) given in confidence or in secret(2) indulging only covertly
Noun(1) a small room (or recess(2) a toilet in Britain(3) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes(4) a small private room for study or prayer(5) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space(6) a toilet in England(7) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes(8) has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes(9) storage cupboard(10) usually tall
Verb(1) confine to a small space, as for intensive work(2) confine to a small space(3) as for intensive work

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(1) That's changing as more of us come out of the closet - hence the improving statistics on gay-marriage support.(2) Victory is not won in the pulpit by firing intellectual bullets or wisecracks, but in the prayer closet .(3) It's time for lesbian breakups to come out of the closet .(4) Another described the huts of hermits on remote islands off the coast of Ireland and asked if I was constructing a prayer closet .(5) It's hard to find an environmentalist who is not a closet socialist - with a nice condo in the suburbs and two cars in the garage.(6) He's obviously terrible in bed, and there's one scene that suggests he's a closet homosexual - so what's to admire?(7) He, along with the others, was waiting for me by the second floor janitorial closet , a secluded and unused room just under the side stairwell.(8) The Left needs to come out of the closet about its spiritual dimensions.(9) The church has been ordaining closet homosexuals for 2000 years, but it seems to have problems ordaining honest ones.(10) It must have taken courage to come out of the closet , even on that limited scale; congratulations.(11) What's the best way for a gay or lesbian to come out of the closet ?(12) Suddenly they pulled him into a room that looked more like a janitor's closet then anything else.(13) He is a closet homosexual, quite clearly, and I'd advise him to act on his feelings.(14) It became impossible to closet millions of people behind a physical wall that was so easily penetrated by informatics.(15) I sat in my room, in my closet to be exact, and stared at the wall with my journal lying on my lap, waiting for me to fill its pages with tonight's occurrences.(16) Of course, there's always the possibility that she's got her own kind of closet issues.
Related Words
(1) clothes closet
(2) come out of the closet
(3) linen closet
(4) broom closet
(5) water-closet
(6) walk-in closet
Synonyms
Noun
1. cabinet
2. cupboard
3. wardrobe
4. armoire
5. locker


Verb
6. shut away
7. sequester
8. seclude
9. cloister
10. confine
11. isolate


Adjective
12. secret
13. covert
14. private
15. surreptitious
16. clandestine
17. underground
18. furtive


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

The closet looks great.
Let's get out of here.

The CLOSET looks great. Let's get out of here.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 19


I'm bound by closet organizer-organizee
confidentiality.

I'm bound by CLOSET organizer-organizee confidentiality.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 19


After I spent two hours in your closet
waiting for you to fall asleep?

After I spent two hours in your CLOSET waiting for you to fall asleep?

The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 9


The letter was found in Bernadette's closet.
Doesn't that count for something?

The letter was found in Bernadette's CLOSET. Doesn't that count for something?

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 19


and is rotting out the floor
of the utility closet

and is rotting out the floor of the utility CLOSET

Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 1


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