"closet" meaning in English

See closet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈklɒzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɑzɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-closet.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒzɪt Etymology: From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|closet}} Middle English closet, {{der|en|fro|closet}} Old French closet, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{suffix|fro|clos|-et|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=private space}} clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), {{der|en|la|clausum}} Latin clausum, {{suffix|en|close|et}} close + -et, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} closet (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Private. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-adj-da0NVEjQ
  2. Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet). Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-closet-en-adj-SyfI9NHM
  3. Denoting anything kept a secret or private. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-closet-en-adj-9kT-mgfS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: out

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɒzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɑzɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-closet.ogg Forms: closets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒzɪt Etymology: From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|closet}} Middle English closet, {{der|en|fro|closet}} Old French closet, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{suffix|fro|clos|-et|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=private space}} clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), {{der|en|la|clausum}} Latin clausum, {{suffix|en|close|et}} close + -et, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} closet (plural closets)
  1. A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies. Categories (topical): Toilet (room)
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-PsxnkLPE Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 3 1 2 16 1 2 2 3 2 2 7 3 3 2 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 4
  2. (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-vEak5K-C
  3. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
    (obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.
    Tags: archaic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-0cKKQ1cn
  4. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
    (archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.
    Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-o8HR91nG
  5. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
    (figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.
    Tags: archaic, figuratively Categories (topical): Furniture Synonyms (place of fanciful theorization): armchair
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-Y1PP27gq Disambiguation of Furniture: 4 1 1 7 1 3 4 11 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 13 8 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 Disambiguation of 'place of fanciful theorization': 1 5 4 4 14 4 4 11 8 8 9 4 9 7 2 6 0 1 0
  6. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
    (archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.
    Tags: archaic Translations (small private chamber): عَرِين (ʕarīn) [masculine] (Arabic), حُجْرَة (ḥujra) [feminine] (Arabic), مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb) [masculine] (Arabic), قَيْطُون (qayṭūn) [masculine] (Arabic), кабинет (kabinet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kamari (Finnish), koppi (Finnish), Kammer [feminine] (German), Abstellkammer [feminine] (German), Ankleide [feminine] (German), Käfter [neuter] (German), Kamurke [feminine] (German), Kabinett [neuter] (German), Kämmerchen [neuter] (German), Alkoven [masculine] (German), Geheimzimmer [neuter] (German), καμαράκι (kamaráki) [neuter] (Greek), budoár (Hungarian), szobácska (Hungarian), kis szoba (Hungarian), kamra (Hungarian), cella (Hungarian), fülke (Hungarian), ripostiglio [masculine] (Italian), kott (Norwegian), komórka [feminine] (Polish), чула́н (čulán) [masculine] (Russian), камо́рка (kamórka) [feminine] (Russian), seòmar-uaigneach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ripustigghiu [masculine] (Sicilian), комірка (komirka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), komorka [feminine] (Upper Sorbian)
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-uhHYtcIU Disambiguation of 'small private chamber': 6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0
  7. (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly): Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-7NbvuEqJ
  8. (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-x7iyFQ2R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 4 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 10 7 7 8 3 9 6 2 6 1 1 0 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 15 10 6 3 2 14 7 1 10 1 1 0 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 4 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 3 1 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 11 7 6 3 3 11 5 2 8 1 3 1 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 2 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 13 8 7 4 3 10 5 2 7 1 1 0 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 7 5 4 2 12 6 2 7 2 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 10 8 6 4 3 12 6 2 8 1 1 0 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 8 6 3 3 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 10 7 6 4 5 10 7 2 6 1 2 1 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 2 10 7 2 7 1 3 1 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 8 11 7 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 7 6 4 3 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 5 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 11 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 8 6 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 11 8 7 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 11 7 6 3 3 12 6 2 8 1 3 1 3 2 4
  9. A private cabinet, (particularly):
    (obsolete) One used to store valuables.
    Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-t9obPhr~ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 15 10 6 3 2 14 7 1 10 1 1 0 2 1 2
  10. A private cabinet, (particularly):
    (archaic) One used to store curiosities.
    Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-2LpfVUbC
  11. A private cabinet, (particularly):
    (figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-N9LkPyF6 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -et Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -et: 5 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 8 6 6 15 3 11 6 1 5 2 2 1 3 2 3
  12. A private cabinet, (particularly):
    (slang, uncommon) Clipping of closet case.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncommon Alternative form of: closet case Translations (figurative sense): kaappi (Finnish), Geheim- (German), zug (Hungarian), garderob [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-4WL4ixy9 Disambiguation of 'figurative sense': 14 0 2 3 6 0 0 8 8 8 5 18 11 11 2 2 0 2 0
  13. (now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room.
    (US, Philippines) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.
    Tags: Ireland, Philippines, Scotland, US Categories (topical): Furniture, Toilet (room) Hyponyms (piece of furniture, used for storing clothes): wardrobe, armoire, press (english: Irish & Scots)
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-xDtx2RhL Disambiguation of Furniture: 4 1 1 7 1 3 4 11 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 13 8 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 3 1 2 16 1 2 2 3 2 2 7 3 3 2 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 4 Categories (other): American English, Irish English, Philippine English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Gulf Arabic translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Upper Sorbian translations, Terms with Walloon translations, Terms with West Flemish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 1 4 1 3 3 4 3 3 3 10 7 7 8 3 9 6 2 6 1 1 0 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 15 10 6 3 2 14 7 1 10 1 1 0 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 9 6 5 4 3 12 6 2 7 1 3 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 4 5 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 3 1 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 11 7 6 3 3 11 5 2 8 1 3 1 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 3 12 7 3 7 1 2 1 3 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 3 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 9 5 4 5 6 11 7 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 12 8 5 4 2 18 7 2 9 1 1 0 2 1 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 11 7 5 5 2 15 7 2 7 1 1 0 3 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 7 5 4 2 12 6 2 7 2 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 10 8 6 4 3 12 6 2 8 1 1 0 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 6 5 3 6 12 7 2 8 1 4 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 8 6 3 3 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 10 7 6 4 5 10 7 2 6 1 2 1 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Gulf Arabic translations: 5 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 14 9 5 3 2 22 6 1 8 1 1 0 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 4 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 2 10 7 2 7 1 3 1 4 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 5 3 13 7 2 6 1 2 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 8 11 7 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 7 6 4 3 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 2 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 12 8 6 4 2 12 5 2 7 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 9 6 5 4 3 12 9 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 7 5 4 2 13 7 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 5 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 4 3 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 9 7 5 4 2 12 8 2 6 2 2 1 4 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 11 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 2 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 11 8 6 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 8 5 4 3 2 18 9 2 12 1 2 1 3 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 2 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 6 12 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 11 8 7 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 1 0 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 12 6 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 1 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 10 7 5 4 2 13 6 2 8 2 2 1 3 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Upper Sorbian translations: 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 10 7 6 4 2 14 7 2 7 2 2 1 3 2 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 11 7 6 3 3 12 6 2 8 1 3 1 3 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with West Flemish translations: 3 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 8 6 5 4 3 15 7 2 8 2 3 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 4 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 2 2 10 6 5 5 2 13 8 2 7 1 1 1 3 2 7 Disambiguation of 'piece of furniture, used for storing clothes': 12 1 7 9 4 2 1 2 12 11 2 3 20 5 2 2 1 2 1
  14. (now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room.
    (obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.
    Tags: Ireland, Scotland, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, obsolete Alternative form of: closet of ease (extra: (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet) Categories (topical): Toilet (room) Synonyms (room with a toilet): bathroom
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-4ZaK0JxI Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 3 1 2 16 1 2 2 3 2 2 7 3 3 2 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 4 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, Scottish English Disambiguation of 'room with a toilet': 7 0 12 12 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 22 0 0 0 0 5
  15. (heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-nvg74oAW Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  16. (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer. Tags: Scotland, obsolete
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-TnjcIJOR Categories (other): Scottish English
  17. A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-SpcrAhE7
  18. A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
    The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret.
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-YnEfeW8l
  19. (archaic) A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room? Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-closet-en-noun-OWeQ2oSQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (furniture or shelving used for storage): cabinet Translations (furniture): خِزَانَة (ḵizāna) [feminine] (Arabic), كبت (kabat) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), պահարան (paharan) (Armenian), dolab (Azerbaijani), şkaf (Azerbaijani), ша́фа (šáfa) [feminine] (Belarusian), стенен гардероб (stenen garderob) (Bulgarian), килер (kiler) [masculine] (Bulgarian), шкаф (škaf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), гардеро́б (garderób) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 壁櫥 (Chinese Mandarin), 壁橱 (bìchú) (Chinese Mandarin), skříň (Czech), skab [neuter] (Danish), kast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ŝranko (Esperanto), skáp [neuter] (Faroese), kaappi (Finnish), komero (Finnish), placard [masculine] (French), კარადა (ḳarada) (Georgian), Schrank [masculine] (German), Wandschrank [masculine] (German), ντουλάπι (ntoulápi) [neuter] (Greek), ארון (arón) (Hebrew), अलमैराह (almairāh) (Hindi), beépített szekrény (Hungarian), faliszekrény (Hungarian), gardrób (Hungarian), gardróbszekrény (Hungarian), járható ruhásszekrény (Hungarian), skápur (Icelandic), škaappi (Ingrian), armadio [masculine] (Italian), ripostiglio [masculine] (Italian), クローゼット (kurozetto) (Japanese), 押入 (oshiire) (Japanese), 収納庫 (shūnōko) (Japanese), шкаф (şkaf) (Kazakh), 옷장 (otjang) (Korean), armarium [neuter] (Latin), کمد (komod) (Persian), اشکاف (eškâf) (Persian), szafa [feminine] (Polish), guarda-roupas [masculine] (Portuguese), armário [masculine] (Portuguese), шкаф (škaf) [masculine] (Russian), ormar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), muarra [feminine] (Sicilian), skriňa [feminine] (Slovak), omara [feminine] (Slovene), ropero [masculine] (Spanish), armario [masculine] (Spanish), clóset (english: built-in) [masculine] (Spanish), placar (english: built-in) [masculine] (Spanish), placard (english: built-in) [South-America, masculine] (Spanish), skåp [neuter] (Swedish), garderob [common-gender] (Swedish), dolap (Turkish), ша́фа (šáfa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), calbote [feminine] (Walloon), årmå [masculine] (Walloon), årmwere [feminine] (Walloon), kasse [feminine] (West Flemish), אַלמער (almer) [masculine] (Yiddish), שאַנק (shank) [feminine] (Yiddish), שאַפֿע (shafe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'furniture or shelving used for storage': 14 1 9 12 4 2 1 3 15 15 2 5 4 5 2 3 1 2 1 Hyponyms (piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware): cupboard, sideboard, cabinet, press (english: Irish & Scots), wardrobe [UK] Hyponyms (small closet with built-in lock): locker Hyponyms (small room used for storage): walk-in closet, storage room Hyponyms (storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware): cupboard, pantry, larder, cabinet Disambiguation of 'piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware': 15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1 Disambiguation of 'small closet with built-in lock': 20 2 2 2 2 1 0 3 4 4 1 5 22 22 2 2 1 3 1 Disambiguation of 'small room used for storage': 23 0 3 5 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 25 25 0 1 0 1 1 Disambiguation of 'storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware': 16 1 9 12 2 0 0 2 18 18 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 1 Derived forms: bed-closet, broom closet, cedar closet, chemical closet, clerk of the closet, Clerk of the Closet, closet audit, closet auger, closet-candlestick, closet candlestick, closet case, closet-chapel, closet-chaplain, closet-devotion, closet-door, closet drama, closet-draught, closetful, Closetgate, closet-help, closet index, closet-keeper, closetlike, closet-lucubration, closet-meditation, closet of decency, closet of ease, closet of the heart, closet-philosopher, closet-picture, closet picture, closet politician, closet-politician, closet-prayer, closet-preparation, closet queen, closet-reasoner, closet-religion, closetry, closet-speculation, closet-student, closet-study, closet-vow, closet-work, closetwork, closety, come out of the broom closet, come out of the closet, cybercloset, dry closet, earth closet, Fibber McGee's closet, food closet, glass closet, hide in the closet, hot closet, in the closet, linen closet, monster closet, skeleton in the closet, spear closet, the closet is made of glass, water closet, watercloset, water-closet, WC Disambiguation of 'furniture': 10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɒzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɑzɪt/ [US] Audio: en-us-closet.ogg Forms: closets [present, singular, third-person], closeting [participle, present], closeted [participle, past], closeted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒzɪt Etymology: From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|closet}} Middle English closet, {{der|en|fro|closet}} Old French closet, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{suffix|fro|clos|-et|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=private space}} clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), {{der|en|la|clausum}} Latin clausum, {{suffix|en|close|et}} close + -et, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted)
  1. (transitive) To shut away for private discussion. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-closet-en-verb-yKtHLymh
  2. (transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-closet-en-verb-lXxDflbO
  3. (transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-closet-en-verb-savY51jq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: closeted, closet oneself Related terms: come out, come out of the closet

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "word": "bed-closet"
    },
    {
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      "word": "broom closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cedar closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chemical closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clerk of the closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Clerk of the Closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet audit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet auger"
    },
    {
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      "word": "closet-candlestick"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-chapel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-chaplain"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-devotion"
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      "word": "closet-door"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet drama"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-draught"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closetful"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Closetgate"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-help"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet index"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-keeper"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closetlike"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-lucubration"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-meditation"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet of decency"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet of ease"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet of the heart"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-philosopher"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-picture"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet picture"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet politician"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-politician"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-prayer"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-preparation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet queen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-reasoner"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-religion"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closetry"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-speculation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-student"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-study"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-vow"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closet-work"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closetwork"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "closety"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "come out of the broom closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "come out of the closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cybercloset"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dry closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "earth closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Fibber McGee's closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "food closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "glass closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hide in the closet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hot closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in the closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "linen closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "monster closet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skeleton in the closet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spear closet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the closet is made of glass"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "watercloset"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "water-closet"
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "klozet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: klozet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: klozet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "klozet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: klozet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Polish: klozet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "clóset",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: clóset",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: clóset"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "closet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: closet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: closet"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "closet"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "closet"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "diminutive",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "clos",
        "3": "-et",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "private space"
      },
      "expansion": "clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "clausum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin clausum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "close",
        "3": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "close + -et",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kleh₂w-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "closet (plural closets)",
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    }
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      "_dis1": "20 2 2 2 2 1 0 3 4 4 1 5 22 22 2 2 1 3 1",
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      "word": "locker"
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    {
      "_dis1": "23 0 3 5 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 25 25 0 1 0 1 1",
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      "word": "walk-in closet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "23 0 3 5 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 25 25 0 1 0 1 1",
      "sense": "small room used for storage",
      "word": "storage room"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "16 1 9 12 2 0 0 2 18 18 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 1",
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      "word": "cupboard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "16 1 9 12 2 0 0 2 18 18 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 1",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "16 1 9 12 2 0 0 2 18 18 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 1",
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "16 1 9 12 2 0 0 2 18 18 2 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 1",
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "cabinet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1",
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    {
      "_dis1": "15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1",
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1",
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1",
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      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "press"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 1 8 11 5 2 1 2 13 13 2 4 10 5 2 2 1 2 1",
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "wardrobe"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 1 2 16 1 2 2 3 2 2 7 3 3 2 1 20 19 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Toilet (room)",
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            "Rooms",
            "Health",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Body",
            "Architecture",
            "All topics",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1799 May 17, Jane Austen, letter",
          "text": "A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet."
        }
      ],
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        "A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies."
      ],
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        [
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          "clothing"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "supplies",
          "supplies"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1370, Robert Cicyle, l. 57 f:",
          "text": "A slepe hym toke / In hys closet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "private",
          "private"
        ],
        [
          "bower",
          "bower"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, page 206:",
          "text": "Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "women"
        ],
        [
          "groom",
          "groom"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:6:",
          "text": "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.",
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        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ]
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        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 1 1 7 1 3 4 11 5 3 3 4 4 4 6 13 8 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 5",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Furniture",
          "orig": "en:Furniture",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, chapter 24, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
          "text": "[A]broad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets […]",
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        }
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        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
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      "links": [
        [
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          "inner"
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        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
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          "contemplation"
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        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
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          "_dis1": "1 5 4 4 14 4 4 11 8 8 9 4 9 7 2 6 0 1 0",
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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      "categories": [],
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        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
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      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
        [
          "council",
          "council"
        ],
        [
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          "chamber"
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        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕarīn",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "عَرِين"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥujra",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حُجْرَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "miḥrāb",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مِحْرَاب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qayṭūn",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قَيْطُون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kabinet",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кабинет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "word": "kamari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "word": "koppi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kammer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abstellkammer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 6 7 7 7 14 7 0 7 7 7 7 8 8 0 0 1 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small private chamber",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Ankleide"
        },
        {
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        "nobility",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "պահարան"
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      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "壁櫥"
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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    {
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      "sense": "furniture",
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    {
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "furniture",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntoulápi",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ντουλάπι"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "arón",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "ארון"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "almairāh",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "अलमैराह"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "beépített szekrény"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "faliszekrény"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "gardrób"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "gardróbszekrény"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "járható ruhásszekrény"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "skápur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "škaappi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "armadio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ripostiglio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurozetto",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "クローゼット"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshiire",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "押入"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūnōko",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "収納庫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şkaf",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "шкаф"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "otjang",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "옷장"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "furniture",
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "komod",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "کمد"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "szafa"
    },
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guarda-roupas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ormar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muarra"
    },
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "skriňa"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "omara"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ropero"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "armario"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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    {
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      "code": "es",
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "furniture",
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        "neuter"
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "garderob"
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "dolap"
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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      "_dis1": "10 2 5 6 4 6 4 5 1 1 4 9 12 12 6 4 1 3 3",
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        {
          "ref": "1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:",
          "text": "He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.",
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          "text": "He had been closeted with De Quadra.",
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          "text": "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;",
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, page 55:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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    "cy:Rooms",
    "en:Furniture",
    "en:Toilet (room)"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bed-closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "broom closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "cedar closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "chemical closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "clerk of the closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clerk of the Closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet audit"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet auger"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-candlestick"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet candlestick"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet case"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-chapel"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-chaplain"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-devotion"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-door"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet drama"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-draught"
    },
    {
      "word": "closetful"
    },
    {
      "word": "Closetgate"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-help"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet index"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-keeper"
    },
    {
      "word": "closetlike"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-lucubration"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-meditation"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet of decency"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet of ease"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet of the heart"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-philosopher"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-picture"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet picture"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet politician"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-politician"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-prayer"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-preparation"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet queen"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-reasoner"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-religion"
    },
    {
      "word": "closetry"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-speculation"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-student"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-study"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-vow"
    },
    {
      "word": "closet-work"
    },
    {
      "word": "closetwork"
    },
    {
      "word": "closety"
    },
    {
      "word": "come out of the broom closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "come out of the closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "cybercloset"
    },
    {
      "word": "dry closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "earth closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fibber McGee's closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "food closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "glass closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "hide in the closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "hot closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "in the closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "linen closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "monster closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "skeleton in the closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "spear closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "the closet is made of glass"
    },
    {
      "word": "water closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "watercloset"
    },
    {
      "word": "water-closet"
    },
    {
      "word": "WC"
    }
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "klozet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: klozet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: klozet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "klozet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: klozet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: klozet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "clóset",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: clóset",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: clóset"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "closet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: closet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: closet"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "closet"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English closet",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "closet"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French closet",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "diminutive",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "clos",
        "3": "-et",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "private space"
      },
      "expansion": "clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "clausum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin clausum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "close",
        "3": "et"
      },
      "expansion": "close + -et",
      "name": "suffix"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kleh₂w-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "closet (plural closets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "small closet with built-in lock",
      "word": "locker"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small room used for storage",
      "word": "walk-in closet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "small room used for storage",
      "word": "storage room"
    },
    {
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "cupboard"
    },
    {
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "pantry"
    },
    {
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "larder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "cabinet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing clothes",
      "word": "wardrobe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing clothes",
      "word": "armoire"
    },
    {
      "english": "Irish & Scots",
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing clothes",
      "word": "press"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "cupboard"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "sideboard"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "cabinet"
    },
    {
      "english": "Irish & Scots",
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "word": "press"
    },
    {
      "sense": "piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "wardrobe"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1799 May 17, Jane Austen, letter",
          "text": "A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ],
        [
          "food",
          "food"
        ],
        [
          "household",
          "household"
        ],
        [
          "supplies",
          "supplies"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1370, Robert Cicyle, l. 57 f:",
          "text": "A slepe hym toke / In hys closet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "private",
          "private"
        ],
        [
          "bower",
          "bower"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, page 206:",
          "text": "Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "women",
          "women"
        ],
        [
          "groom",
          "groom"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:6:",
          "text": "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "A private room used for prayer or other devotions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
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          "room",
          "room"
        ],
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          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
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          "devotion",
          "devotion"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1594–1597, Richard Hooker, chapter 24, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):",
          "text": "[A]broad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing."
      ],
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        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
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          "room",
          "room"
        ],
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          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "contemplation",
          "contemplation"
        ],
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          "theorizing",
          "theorizing"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ],
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          "council",
          "council"
        ],
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          "chamber",
          "chamber"
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          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):",
        "(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, Dublin: […] W. Whitestone, […], published 1776, →OCLC, page 9:",
          "text": "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: […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any private or inner room, (particularly)"
      ],
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        [
          "inner",
          "inner"
        ],
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          "room",
          "room"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1390, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, §I, 934 ff.",
          "text": "Chaplayneȝ to þe chapeles chosen þe gate... / Þe lorde loutes þerto, & þe lady als, / In-to a comly closet coyntly ho entreȝ."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, page 206:",
          "text": "Closet, chapelle.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord."
      ],
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        [
          "pew",
          "pew"
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          "side",
          "side"
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          "chapel",
          "chapel"
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          "reserve",
          "reserve"
        ],
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          "monarch",
          "monarch"
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          "feudal lord",
          "feudal lord"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 130:",
          "text": "But heere's a Parchment... I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "One used to store valuables."
      ],
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          "cabinet"
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          "store",
          "store"
        ],
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          "valuable",
          "valuable"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "(obsolete) One used to store valuables."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1659, Elias Ashmole, Diary, page 326:",
          "text": "Mr. Tradescant and his wife told me they had been long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when they died.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1681, Marquis of Halifax, Seasonable Addresses to the Houses of Parliament in Concise Succession, page 10:",
          "text": "The late House of Commons have... seiz'd Closets and Writings without Information.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "One used to store curiosities."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "(archaic) One used to store curiosities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1530, chapter II, in Myroure of Oure Ladye, page 233:",
          "text": "Went the sonne of god oute of the pryuy closet of the maydens wombe.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager."
        },
        {
          "text": "He's so far in the closet, he can see Narnia."
        }
      ],
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        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet."
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          "skeleton in the closet",
          "skeleton in the closet#English"
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        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "closet case"
        }
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        "English clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "Clipping of closet case."
      ],
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          "closet case#English"
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        "A private cabinet, (particularly):",
        "(slang, uncommon) Clipping of closet case."
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Irish English",
        "Philippine English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any small room or side room.",
        "One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room.",
        "(US, Philippines) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Philippines",
        "Scotland",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet",
          "word": "closet of ease"
        }
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        "British English",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Irish English",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any small room or side room.",
        "Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "room",
          "room"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ],
        [
          "closet of ease",
          "closet of ease#English"
        ],
        [
          "water closet",
          "water closet#English"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ],
        [
          "toilet",
          "toilet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side room.",
        "(obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Heraldic charges"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: barrulet"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1572, J. Bossewell, Wks. Armorie, page 12:",
          "text": "A Closset is the halfe of the Barre, and tenne of them maie be borne in one fielde.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "ordinary",
          "ordinary"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar"
        ],
        [
          "half",
          "half"
        ],
        [
          "broad",
          "broad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sewer."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sewer",
          "sewer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland, obsolete) A sewer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985 August 24, Michael Bronski, “Rock Hudson: The Great Gay Hope”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 15:",
          "text": "6 o'clock TV news specials concerning a famous Hollywood movie star who has been diagnosed with [AIDS]. It had to happen sooner or later. (In fact it probably has happened sooner, but the tenor of the times and the closets of the people were no doubt more secure.)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.",
        "The state of having one's sexual orientation a secret."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1669, Kenelm Digby, The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelm Digbie Kt. opened: Whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine &c. together with excellent directions for cookery: as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c.:",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1670, Hannah Woolley, The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of RARE RECEIPTS For Preserving, Candying and Cookery Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the FEMALE SEX.:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room?"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A compendium of knowledge, possibly from closet as a room?"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɒzɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɑzɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒzɪt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "place of fanciful theorization",
      "word": "armchair"
    },
    {
      "sense": "furniture or shelving used for storage",
      "word": "cabinet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "room with a toilet",
      "word": "bathroom"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵizāna",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "خِزَانَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kabat",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كبت"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "paharan",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "պահարան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "dolab"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "şkaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šáfa",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́фа"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stenen garderob",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "стенен гардероб"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kiler",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "килер"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "škaf",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шкаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "garderób",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гардеро́б"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "壁櫥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bìchú",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "壁橱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "skříň"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skab"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kast"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "ŝranko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skáp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "kaappi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "komero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳarada",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "კარადა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schrank"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wandschrank"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ntoulápi",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ντουλάπι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "arón",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "ארון"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "almairāh",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "अलमैराह"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "beépített szekrény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "faliszekrény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "gardrób"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "gardróbszekrény"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "járható ruhásszekrény"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "skápur"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "škaappi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "armadio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ripostiglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kurozetto",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "クローゼット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oshiire",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "押入"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūnōko",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "収納庫"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "şkaf",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "шкаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "otjang",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "옷장"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "armarium"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "komod",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "کمد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "eškâf",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "اشکاف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guarda-roupas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "armário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "škaf",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шкаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ormar"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skriňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "omara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ropero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "armario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "built-in",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clóset"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "built-in",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "built-in",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "South-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "placard"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skåp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "garderob"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "word": "dolap"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šáfa",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́фа"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calbote"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "årmå"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "årmwere"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "almer",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַלמער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shank",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שאַנק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shafe",
      "sense": "furniture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שאַפֿע"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕarīn",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَرِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥujra",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حُجْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "miḥrāb",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِحْرَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qayṭūn",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَيْطُون"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kabinet",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кабинет"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "kamari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "koppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abstellkammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ankleide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Käfter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kamurke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kabinett"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kämmerchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Alkoven"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geheimzimmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kamaráki",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καμαράκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "budoár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "szobácska"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "kis szoba"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "kamra"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "cella"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "fülke"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ripostiglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "word": "kott"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komórka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čulán",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чула́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kamórka",
      "sense": "small private chamber",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "камо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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