closet

  1. Noun.  (chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
  2. Noun.  A small private chamber.
  3. Noun.  A toilet; a water closet.
  4. Noun.  (figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as (term, in the closet) or (term, skeleton in the closet) .
  5. Noun.  (informal, attributive) Secretly.
  6. Verb.  To have a private meeting.

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