(especially AmE) a small room or a space in a wall with a door that reaches the floor, used for storing things:
a walk-in closet
compareCUPBOARD, WARDROBE
seealsoWATERCLOSET
IDIOMS
come out of the closet to admit sth openly that you kept secret before, especially because of shame or embarrassment:
Homosexuals in public life are now coming out of the closet.
moreatSKELETON
adjective [onlybeforenoun] used to describe people who want to keep some fact about themselves secret:
closet gays * I suspect he's a closet fascist.
verb [VN] to put sb in a room away from other people, especially so that they can talk privately with sb, or so that they can be alone:
He was closeted with the President for much of the day. * She had closeted herself away in her room.
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