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/ˈkläzit/,
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closets, plural;
  1. Shut (someone) away, esp. in private conference or study
    • - he was closeted with the king
    • - he returned home and closeted himself in his room
  2. In a state of concealment, esp. about one's homosexuality

Noun
  1. A small room or cupboard used for storing things

  2. A small, private room used for prayer or study

  3. A toilet

  4. A state of secrecy or concealment, esp. about one's homosexuality
    • - lesbians who had come out of the closet
  1. (closet) cupboard: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
  2. (closet) confine to a small space, as for intensive work
  3. water closet: a toilet in Britain
  4. (closet) wardrobe: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
  5. (closet) a small private room for study or prayer
  6. A closet (especially in North American usage) is a small and enclosed space, a cabinet, or a cupboard in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. A closet for food storage is usually referred to as a pantry. ...
  7. (Closet (room)) A cabinet was one of a number of terms for a private room in the domestic architecture and that of palaces of Early Modern Europe, serving as a study or retreat, usually for a man; the cabinet would be furnished with books and works of art, and sited adjacent to his bedchamber, ...
  8. Closeted and in the closet are metaphors used to describe a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) person who has not disclosed his or her sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior.
  9. (The Closet (2007 film)) The Closet is a 2007 Hong Kong horror film directed by Kin-Nam Cho.
  10. (The Closet (film)) The Closet (Le placard) is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. The screenplay focuses on a man whose life takes on surprisingly new dimensions when he pretends to be gay in order to keep his job.
  11. (closet) secret (adjective); also in the closet, and out of the closet, usually used for someone who is hiding the fact that he or she is gay.
  12. (CLOSET) Stored-up emotions and attitudes which may need cleaning out / Closing yourself off; not allowing your true self to emerge; hiding from something; secrecy
  13. (Closet) (1) a lockable room of varying dimensions and locations used to house, protect, power and environmentally protect communications frames, cross connect systems, and equipment. (2) a lockable room or access point generally designated as "telephone" or "data" depending upon its major use. ...
  14. (Closet) A psychological and social space of silence and secrecy. GLBTQ people often remain "in the closet" because they fear rejection, discrimination, and violence, or because they're struggling with shame and internalized homophobia.
  15. (Closet) An enclosed space for housing telecommunications and networking equipment, cable terminations, and cross-connect cabling. It contains the horizontal cross connect where the backbone cable cross-connects with the horizontal cable.
  16. (Closet) As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luk 12:24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Mat 6:6; Luk 12:3).
  17. (Closet) Bend – A curved fitting mounted immediately below the toilet that connects the closet flange to the toilet drain.
  18. (Closet) Passenger aircraft are often equipped with a small closet, usually toward the front of the plane where odd-shaped and hanging items can be stowed. It is sometimes reserved for premium classes, but may be available to economy passengers upon request.
  19. (Closet) Usually reserved for First Class passengers, this is a small area that accepts hanging garment bags or other odd-shaped items. Use of the closet is at the discretion of the flight attendant (so be nice!)
  20. (closet) Originally, any small room, such as a study, where an individual could withdraw in privacy.
  21. (closet) common term for IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame), the physical location of switching computers called "hubs," which distribute data via designated "ports" to individual IP-addressed equipment in offices, labs and workrooms. ...
  22. Water closet having a siphon trapway at the front of the bowl, and integral                                        flushing rim.
  23. (Closeted) Hiding one’s sexual orientation from others, in the workplace, at school, at home and with friends.
  24. A well-organized closet can be one of the most valuable areas in your house. We can "create" up to 30 percent more storage space by filling the walls completely with well designed components.  And the resulting organization makes it easy to find whatever you’re looking for. ...
  25. “These clothes look hideous when they’re not on my body. In fact, they belong behind closed doors.” (No pun intended.)