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closet(1)(dictionary)
closet 3, verb(dictionary)
closet 2, adjective(dictionary)
closet 1, noun(dictionary)
water closet(dictionary)
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Metro i.v.(health)
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Metro Inc (finance) and closet(1) (iou)


Metro Inc (finance)


Metro Inc is a top Canadian corporation in the field of Food, and its estimated market value is 2,150 million US dollars.





closet(1) (iou)



closet noun & adjective. LME.
[Old French, dim. of clos: see CLOSE noun1, -ET1.]
A. noun.
A private or small room, esp. one used for private interviews, devotions, or study. LME.
The private apartment of a monarch. Now Hist. LME.
Clerk of the Closet the British monarch's principal chaplain.
A room etc. for urination and defecation; a lavatory. L15.
water-closet: see WATER noun.
a. A private repository of valuables, curiosities, etc.; a cabinet. Now chiefly in china-closet (passing into sense b). E17.
b. A cupboard, a recess for storage. Now dial. & N. Amer. E17.
come out of the closet fig. stop hiding something about oneself, esp. one's homosexuality; come to public notice or view. skeleton in the closet: see SKELETON noun.
Comb.: closet play a play to be read rather than acted.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Concealed, secret, private. E17.
closet queen slang a man who conceals his homosexuality.
Sunday Telegraph He was not a closet Papist intoxicated by bells and fancy vestments.