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Closet


CLOSET, noun s as z.

1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.

When thou prayest, inter into thy closet Matthew 6:6.

2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.

3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.

CLOSET, verb transitive s as z. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation.