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

  • (..) Uh, this is the bathroom. And I'll put out clean towels and, uh, a washcloth. The bed's made up... and there are, um, extra blankets in the closet. - Is my grandfather around? - Oh. No. No, Ira passed away over three years ago. So, you'll call me (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes
  • (..) - I don't have- - Shoes! You know... you don't even wear most of these. Shoes like these should not be locked in a closet. They should be living a life of scandal and passion... getting screwed in an alleyway by a billionaire while his frigid wife waits in the limo... (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes