See Also: closet 1, noun(dictionary)
closet(1)(dictionary)
closet(2)(dictionary)
closet 3, verb(dictionary)
closet 2, adjective(dictionary)
water closet(dictionary)
jab 2, noun(dictionary)
sit-down 2, noun(dictionary)
pan 1, noun(dictionary)
tot 1, noun(dictionary)

closet 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: clos 'enclosed place', from Latin clausum, from clausus; CLOSE2]
especially AmE a cupboard built into the wall of a room from the floor to the ceiling
-see also wardrobe wardrobe
::a closet full of beautiful clothes
come out of the closet
a) to tell people that you are homosexual after hiding the fact
-synonym come out come out
b) to admit something or to start to discuss something that was kept secret before
be in the closet
AmE informal to not tell people that you are homosexual
-see also water closet , a skeleton in the closet at skeleton (5)