Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial)Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.

  2. (broadly, colloquial)Not open about some feature of one's life; often construed with about.

    She's in the closet about her gambling addiction.

    She's in the gambling-addiction closet.

Examples

310 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. Tom found Mary hiding in the closet.

    Том знайшов Мері. Вона ховалася у комірці. — oromashka

  4. Tom ran to hide in a closet.

    Том побіг ховатися до шафи. — deniko

  5. What's in your closet?

    Що у тебе в шафі? — deniko

    ruЧто у тебя в шкафу? — marafon

Translations

3 languages

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms
out of the closetoutA1

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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