closet : Idioms & Phrases
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broom closet
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noun a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment
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china closet
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noun a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china
china cabinet.
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closet auger
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noun a snake used to unblock toilets
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closet drama
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noun drama more suitable for reading that for performing
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closet queen
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noun a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation
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Closet sin
- sin commited in privacy.
Webster 1913
clothes closet
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noun a closet where clothes are stored
clothespress.
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coat closet
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noun a closet for storing outerwear
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come out of the closet
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verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
come out; out.
- This actor outed last year
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Earth closet
- a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the fæcal discharges.
Webster 1913
earth-closet
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noun a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
outhouse; jakes; privy.
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Hopper closet
- a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap.
Webster 1913
skeleton in the closet
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noun a scandal that is kept secret
skeleton in the cupboard; skeleton.
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
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supply closet
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noun a closet for storing supplies
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water closet
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noun a toilet in Britain
W.C.; loo; closet.
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water-closet
Wa"ter-clos`et noun
Definitions
A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
