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closet
noun
- a small room or cupboard for clothes, household supplies, linens, etc.
- a small, private room for reading, meditation, etc.
- a monarch's private chamber as for prayer or conference
- water closet
- a state of secrecy, esp. concerning personal homosexual orientation or activity: used with the
adjective
- private, secret, or clandestine: a closet drinker
- marked by theorizing; speculative: closet thinking
transitive verb
to shut up in a private room for confidential discussion: to closet oneself with councilors
See closet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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