closet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
    cupboard.
  2. noun a toilet in Britain
    W.C.; water closet; loo.
  3. noun a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
    wardrobe; press.
  4. noun a small private room for study or prayer
  5. verb confine to a small space, as for intensive work

WordNet

Clos"et noun
Etymology
OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an inclosure.
Definitions
  1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.
    A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith.
    When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.
  2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Bp. Hall.
Clos"et transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & present participle & verbal noun Closeting
Definitions
  1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. R.
    Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. Cowper.
  2. To make into a closet for a secret interview.
    He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft.
    He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.

Webster 1913