To inclose or shut up, as in a closet or close compartment.
To admit into or as into a closet, as for concealment or for private and confidential or clandestine consultation: used chiefly in the past participle.
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A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy; a small supplementary apartment communicating with another, as a dressing-room with a bedroom; hence, in religious literature, the place or habit of devotional seclusion.
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A small side room or inclosed recess for storing utensils, clothing, provisions, curiosities, etc.
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A bedroom.
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A secret place; a place for the storing of precious things.
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An inclosed or inside part.
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In heraldry, a diminutive of the bar, one half of its width.
Restricted, as to a closet; pertaining to or done in privacy or seclusion; suitable to or designed for private consideration or use; private; secluded: as, a closet conference or intrigue; closet reflections; a closet book or picture.
Intimate; sharing one's privacy.
Fitted only for seclusion or the privacy of a scholar; not adapted to the conditions of a practical life; merely theoretical; unpractical: as, a closet philosopher or theory.