closet
A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household suppliesA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
» There's someone hiding in the closet.
Jemand hält sich im Schrank versteckt.
Кто-то прячется в шкафу.
В шкафу кто-то прячется.
У шафі хтось ховається.
Хтось ховається у шафі.
Meaning
17 sensesA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
A private cabinet, (particularly):
(figuratively)A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.
The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
He's so far in the closet, he can see Narnia.
(Philippines, US)One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.
An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret.
(obsolete)Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
(archaic)Any private or inner room, (particularly)
a small private room for study or prayer
Any private or inner room, (particularly):
(archaic, obsolete)A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.
(archaic)A private room used for prayer or other devotions.
(archaic, figuratively)A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.
(archaic)The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.
Kammer, Abstellkammer, Ankleide
чула́нčulán, камо́ркаkamórka
коміркаkomirka
Examples
603 sentencesThere's someone hiding in the closet.
У шафі хтось ховається.
ruКто-то прячется в шкафу.
deJemand hält sich im Schrank versteckt.
What else is in the closet?
Що ще у шафі?
ruЧто ещё в шкафу?
Does your room have a closet?
У твоїй кімнаті є шафа?
ruУ тебя в комнате есть шкаф?
Tom found Mary hiding in the closet.
Том знайшов Мері. Вона ховалася у комірці.
Tom couldn't get the closet door open.
Том не зміг відчинити двері шафи.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (dimFrom Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
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Forms
plural: closetsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
28 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- in the closet
- closet is full
- in my closet
- in his closet
- out his closet
- the closet door
- my closet is
- the hall closet
- into the closet
- opened the closet
- of the closet
- hall closet