closet

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From Old French closet (clos +‎ -et)

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Singular
closet

Plural
closets

closet (plural closets)

  1. (chiefly US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
  2. A small private chamber.
  3. A toilet; a water closet.
  4. (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet
    The 'closet' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
  5. (informal, attributive) Secretly.
    He's a closet Republican: he voted for Bush, but won't say so if you ask him.

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Infinitive
to closet

Third person singular
closets

Simple past
closeted

Past participle
closeted

Present participle
closeting

to closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted)

  1. To have a private meeting.
    The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.

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