closet

n//ˈklɑzɪt//

skåp, garderob

  1. A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.

  2. (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.

  3. (archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.

  4. (archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

  5. (figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.

  6. (now, rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):

  7. (obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.

  8. (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.

  9. (archaic) One used to store curiosities.

  10. (figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.

  11. (obsolete) One used to store valuables.

  12. (slang, uncommon) Clipping of closet case.

  13. A private cabinet, (particularly):

  14. (US, Philippines) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

  15. (now, chiefly, Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room.

  16. (obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.

  17. (heraldiccharge) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.

  18. (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer.

  19. A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.

  20. The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret.

  21. (archaic) A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room?

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