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closet

Definition

  • noun: a usually small room that is used for storing things (such as clothing, towels, or dishes)
  • noun: an apartment or small room for privacy
  • verb: to put (yourself) in a room in order to be alone
  • verb: to shut up in or as if in a closet
  • usually used in the phrases 'in the closet' or 'out of the closet'
  • synonyms: wc, academic, adytum

Examples

  • He asked if she had any 'skeletons in her closet' that might affect her political campaign.

  • She's a 'closet' racist. [=she does not want people to know that she is a racist]

  • The manager 'was closeted' with one of her employees for several hours.

Movie quotes

  • (..) anything after that. Is this still September , , right? There's a shotgun I bought. It's in the bottom cabin that hidden behind things? The shots are in my uniform closet, out in the service wall. Kill me. Kill me. Whoa, wait, wait, wait! No, no, don't do that! (..)
    2016 Split
  • (..) That's why we chose you. You've always been asleep. You've had a chance. You've never had a chance. The dark-haired girl, she's gonna be kept in another closet. I might as well know what this point. The beast is coming for you. All three of you. You'll gonna be kept separate. (..)
    2016 Split