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closet Definition


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closet
noun
    (chiefly N Amer)
    1. A cupboard.
    2. old use
      A small private room.
    3. old use4. Secret; not openly declared.
      Example: She was a closet gambler
verb
    closeted, closeting
    1. To shut up or away in private, eg for confidential discussion.
Idiom: be in the closet
    colloq
    To keep something secret, especially one's homosexuality.
Idiom: come out of the closet
    colloq
    To admit something openly, especially one's homosexuality.
Etymology: 14c: French diminutive of clos (see close1).



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