closet
noun
/ˈklɑzɪt/
,
/ˈklɒzɪt/
|
- A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
- (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
- (archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.
- (archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.
- (figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.
- (now, rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
- (obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.
- (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.
- (archaic) One used to store curiosities.
- (figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.
- (obsolete) One used to store valuables.
- (slang, uncommon) .
- A private cabinet, (particularly):
- (US, Philippines) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.
- (now, chiefly, Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side-room, (particularly):
- (obsolete) , (later, UK) : a room containing a toilet.
- (heraldiccharge) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer.
- A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
|
kast
|