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

  • (..) - Nigel? - Hmm? Nigel, Nigel. No. I don't know what you expect me to do. There's nothing in this whole closet that'll fit a size six. I can guarantee you. These are all sample sizes- two and four. - All right. We're doing this for you. And- (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada
  • (..) about this stuff and, uh- "This... stuff"? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet... and you select- I don't know- that lumpy blue sweater, for instance... because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously... to care about what (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada