From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closet
n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
[syn: cupboard, closet]
2: a toilet in Britain [syn: water closet, closet, W.C.,
loo]
3: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
[syn: wardrobe, closet, press]
4: a small private room for study or prayer
v 1: confine to a small space, as for intensive work
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Closet \Clos"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Closeted p. pr. & vb. n.
Closeting.]
1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.]
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Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. --Cowper.
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2. To make into a closet for a secret interview.
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He was to call a new legislature, to closet its
members. --Bancroft.
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He had been closeted with De Quadra. --Froude.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Closet \Clos"et\, n. [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos.
See Close an inclosure.]
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for
privacy.
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A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine.
--Goldsmith.
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When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. --Matt.
vi. 6.
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2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for
household utensils, clothing, etc. --Dryden.
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Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. --Bp. Hall.
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