1 [notbeforenoun] shut:
Keep the door closed.
2 [notbeforenoun] shut, especially of a shop/store or public building that is not open for a period of time:
The museum is closed on Mondays. * This road is closed to traffic.
3 not willing to accept outside influences or new ideas:
a closed society * He has a closed mind.
4 [usuallybeforenoun] limited to a particular group of people; not open to everyone:
a closed membership
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behind closed doors without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private:
The meeting was held behind closed doors.
a closed book (to sb) a subject or person that you know nothing about:
Nuclear physics is a closed book to most of us.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for closed is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is closed a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, closed is tagged as adjective.
Does closed appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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