closet
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Is closet a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.Examples: "A slepe hym toke / In hys closet."obsolete
2. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):Examples: "VVhen come to the place vvhere vve all vvere to dine, / (A chair-lumber'd Cloſet, juſt tvvelve feet by nine) / My friend bid me vvelcome, but ſtruck me quite dumb / VVith tidings that Johnson and Burke coud not come: […]"archaic
3. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):Examples: "Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette."archaicobsolete
4. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):Examples: "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet."archaic
5. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):Examples: "[A]broad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets […]"Synonyms: armchairarchaicfiguratively
6. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):archaic
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Private.not-comparableobsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To shut away for private discussion.Examples: "The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit."transitive
2. (transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.Examples: "He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members."; "He had been closeted with De Quadra."transitive
3. (transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.Examples: "See what contempt is fallen on human kind; […] See Bedlam's closeted and handcuff'd charge / Surpass'd in frenzy by the mad at large;"; "[…] she had to look twice over her shoulder when the Gay Northeasters and the City Belles strolled down Seventh Avenue, they were so handsome. But this envy-streaked pleasure Alice closeted, and never let the girl see how she admired those ready-for-bed-in-the-street clothes."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary