A cabinet or enclosed recess for linens, household supplies, or clothing.
A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.
A water closet; a toilet.
A state of secrecy or cautious privacy: Two days before the election, the candidate suddenly came out of the closet and denounced the proposed law.
tr.v.
clos·et·ed, clos·et·ing, clos·ets To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion: closeted themselves with their attorneys. adj.
Private; confidential: closet information.
Being so or engaging only in private; secret: a closet proponent of a tax increase; a closet alcoholic.
Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.
[Middle English, private room, from Old French, diminutive of clos, enclosure, from Latin clausum, from neuter of clausus, enclosed; see close.] clos'et·ful' n.
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