Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet).

    He's a closet case.

  2. (not comparable)Denoting anything kept a secret or private.

  3. (not comparable, obsolete)Private.

Examples

603 sentences
  1. There's someone hiding in the closet.

    У шафі хтось ховається. — deniko

    ruКто-то прячется в шкафу. — marafon

    deJemand hält sich im Schrank versteckt. — al_ex_an_der

  2. What else is in the closet?

    Що ще у шафі? — Oheto

    ruЧто ещё в шкафу? — odexed

  3. Does your room have a closet?

    У твоїй кімнаті є шафа? — deniko

    ruУ тебя в комнате есть шкаф? — marafon

  4. Tom found Mary hiding in the closet.

    Том знайшов Мері. Вона ховалася у комірці. — oromashka

  5. Tom couldn't get the closet door open.

    Том не зміг відчинити двері шафи. — deniko

Origin

From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (dim

From 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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Word family

1 related words
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Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
closet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto