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closet
[ kloz-it ]
noun
- a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- a small private room, especially one used for prayer, meditation, etc.
- a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy:
Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day. Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet.
adjective
- private; secluded.
- suited for use or enjoyment in privacy:
closet reflections; closet prayer.
- engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; unpractical:
a closet thinker with no practical experience.
- being or functioning as such in private; secret:
a closet anarchist.
verb (used with object)
- to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice):
The secretary of state was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session.
closet
/ 藞办濒蓲锄瑟迟 /
noun
- a small cupboard or recess
- a small private room
- short for water closet
- modifier private or secret
- modifier suited or appropriate for use in private
closet meditations
- modifier based on or devoted to theory; speculative
a closet strategist
verb
- tr to shut up or confine in a small private room, esp for conference or meditation
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of closet1
Idioms and Phrases
see come out of the closet ; skeleton in the closet .Example Sentences
Many Criterion junkies have imagined what it would be like to hang out in that closet 鈥 to be enveloped in that cozy cocoon of great movies.
A few months ago, I went through my closet and counted 20 items I鈥檇 worn once or not at all.
And then somehow, I brought back Brazil, or rather all of my mother鈥檚 closet.
Get 800 cones in pink, light purple or unbleached, and keep your cannabis closet well stocked.
Over a video call, I see her standing outside her closet, visibly overwhelmed by the options.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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