Closet
noun
A small room or space in a house or building for storing things.
She stored all her dresses in her closet
Often appears as...
- walk-in closet
- closet space
adjective
Describing someone who has not revealed their secret or hidden aspect, like their true personality or preference.
She's a closet fan of romantic movies
Often appears as...
- closet fan
- closet admirer
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Approving
Colloquial
adjective
Relating to or involving homosexual people who have not publicly revealed their sexuality.
He is a closeted gay man
Often appears as...
- come out of the closet
- closeted gay
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Neutral
Colloquial
noun
A toilet in a private home.
The guests had to share the closet
Often appears as...
- water closet
- closet door
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Archaic
verb
Making someone or something certain or confined in a certain way.
The movie star was closeted in his hotel room to avoid the press
Often appears as...
- closeted away
- closeted in secret
noun
A small room or space in a house or building for storing things.
She stored all her dresses in her closet
Often appears as...
- walk-in closet
- closet space
adjective
Describing someone who has not revealed their secret or hidden aspect, like their true personality or preference.
She's a closet fan of romantic movies
Often appears as...
- closet fan
- closet admirer
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
adjective
Relating to or involving homosexual people who have not publicly revealed their sexuality.
He is a closeted gay man
Often appears as...
- come out of the closet
- closeted gay
Usage tips
Neutral
Colloquial
noun
A toilet in a private home.
The guests had to share the closet
Often appears as...
- water closet
- closet door
Usage tips
Archaic
verb
Making someone or something certain or confined in a certain way.
The movie star was closeted in his hotel room to avoid the press
Often appears as...
- closeted away
- closeted in secret
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Pro Tip 1/3Storing Items
Used for spaces specifically for keeping things organized and out of sight.
After doing laundry, I put all the towels back into the linen closet.
Pro Tip 2/3Private Space
A personal area to keep items you do not want to display.
She keeps her personal diaries in her bedroom closet.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Sizes
Closets can range from small nooks to large walk-in spaces.
Their new house has a huge walk-in closet in the master bedroom.
Pro Tip 1/3Storing Items
Used for spaces specifically for keeping things organized and out of sight.
After doing laundry, I put all the towels back into the linen closet.
Pro Tip 2/3Private Space
A personal area to keep items you do not want to display.
She keeps her personal diaries in her bedroom closet.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Sizes
Closets can range from small nooks to large walk-in spaces.
Their new house has a huge walk-in closet in the master bedroom.
Pro Tip 1/3Storing Items
Used for spaces specifically for keeping things organized and out of sight.
After doing laundry, I put all the towels back into the linen closet.
Pro Tip 2/3Private Space
A personal area to keep items you do not want to display.
She keeps her personal diaries in her bedroom closet.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Sizes
Closets can range from small nooks to large walk-in spaces.
Their new house has a huge walk-in closet in the master bedroom.
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Ken Jennings: Watson,...
I think that ship has sailed, it's too late for me. For better or for worse, that's what I'm going to be known as, as the guy who knew a lot of weird stuff. And I can't complain about this. I feel like that was always sort of my destiny, although I had for many years been pretty deeply in the trivia closet.
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How to come out at work,...
about our mental or physical health. Maybe you're not allergic to cats, you just don't like them. I feel you on that one. Whatever it is that you're keeping in your closet, it shapes the way you navigate the world. That can include your work life. So how do we go about disclosing these important,
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Depressed dogs, cats...
For many months, up to I think two years after that incident, she was so scared she couldn't be in the house when anyone was cleaning. She was quite literally a scaredy cat. She would hide in the closet. She was un-self-confident and shaky, but with the loving support of her family,
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What happens to people...
there aren't many aspects of life. Correctional officers push food trays through slots in the doors and take the men to solitary exercise cages that are referred to by prisoners and staff alike, without irony, as dog runs. Other than that, these men are locked in cement closets,
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Depression, the secret...
as they had actually killed. A lot of people said, when I chose to write about my depression, that it must be very difficult to be out of that closet, to have people know. They said, "Do people talk to you differently?" I said, "Yes, people talk to me differently.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
importance and you know it's it's kind of surreal for me that this you know this literally was starting to walk in closet and during the last TED talk we were only a seven person organization since then we're now sixty people we've
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JD Schramm: Break the...
And I'm choosing to come out of a totally different kind of closet today to encourage you, to urge you, that if you are someone who has contemplated or attempted suicide, or you know somebody who has, talk about it; get help.
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What is a gift economy?...
This holiday season, people around the world will give and receive presents. You might even get a knitted sweater from an aunt. But what if instead of saying "thanks" before consigning it to the closet,
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Run, sail, or hide? How...
but buildings are ablaze in the hot, sulfurous air. Lucius climbs out of his closet and tries his front door, but a deep blanket of ash and stone won’t let it budge. His lamp flickers and dies.
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Follow a Transgender...
being closeted was one of the worst parts of my life being out of it I mean it's not so much like a personal change it's a social change I came out on
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Ken Jennings: Watson,...
I think that ship has sailed, it's too late for me. For better or for worse, that's what I'm going to be known as, as the guy who knew a lot of weird stuff. And I can't complain about this. I feel like that was always sort of my destiny, although I had for many years been pretty deeply in the trivia closet.
Video examples
How to come out at work,...
about our mental or physical health. Maybe you're not allergic to cats, you just don't like them. I feel you on that one. Whatever it is that you're keeping in your closet, it shapes the way you navigate the world. That can include your work life. So how do we go about disclosing these important,
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
For many months, up to I think two years after that incident, she was so scared she couldn't be in the house when anyone was cleaning. She was quite literally a scaredy cat. She would hide in the closet. She was un-self-confident and shaky, but with the loving support of her family,
Video examples
What happens to people...
there aren't many aspects of life. Correctional officers push food trays through slots in the doors and take the men to solitary exercise cages that are referred to by prisoners and staff alike, without irony, as dog runs. Other than that, these men are locked in cement closets,
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
as they had actually killed. A lot of people said, when I chose to write about my depression, that it must be very difficult to be out of that closet, to have people know. They said, "Do people talk to you differently?" I said, "Yes, people talk to me differently.
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
importance and you know it's it's kind of surreal for me that this you know this literally was starting to walk in closet and during the last TED talk we were only a seven person organization since then we're now sixty people we've
Video examples
JD Schramm: Break the...
And I'm choosing to come out of a totally different kind of closet today to encourage you, to urge you, that if you are someone who has contemplated or attempted suicide, or you know somebody who has, talk about it; get help.
Video examples
What is a gift economy?...
This holiday season, people around the world will give and receive presents. You might even get a knitted sweater from an aunt. But what if instead of saying "thanks" before consigning it to the closet,
Video examples
Run, sail, or hide? How...
but buildings are ablaze in the hot, sulfurous air. Lucius climbs out of his closet and tries his front door, but a deep blanket of ash and stone won’t let it budge. His lamp flickers and dies.
Video examples
Follow a Transgender...
being closeted was one of the worst parts of my life being out of it I mean it's not so much like a personal change it's a social change I came out on
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Quote examples
Nicole Richie
American Actress
When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.
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Melania Trump
American First Lady
I love my closet, and I always buy things that I love 100 percent. I'm very organized, and I like everything sorted by colors, even the shoes. It's important to know exactly where everything is when you walk into the closet.
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Randy Harrison
American Actor
I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.
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John Lewis
American Politician
We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.
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Jane Badler
American Actress
I have never been afraid to go a bit out there with what I am wearing on film. I tend to be a bit more conservative in real life, with mountains of black in my closet.
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Gus Kenworthy
British Athlete
I think that being in the closet is really hard. It takes a toll on your mind. It takes a toll on you. I think it just makes every aspect of your life more difficult.
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Jeanne Damas
Author
I have a passion for sweaters. Besides jeans, they are the clothes I have the most of in my closet. I must have a hundred!
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Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.
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Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
My private life has never been a secret. I've never been a closet queen.
Quote examples
Nicole Richie
American Actress
When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.
Quote examples
Melania Trump
American First Lady
I love my closet, and I always buy things that I love 100 percent. I'm very organized, and I like everything sorted by colors, even the shoes. It's important to know exactly where everything is when you walk into the closet.
Quote examples
Randy Harrison
American Actor
I actually have more respect for people who are in the closet. You end up exposing so much of yourself because you have to talk about your sexual life. You shouldn't have to talk about it.
Quote examples
John Lewis
American Politician
We must bring the issue of mental illness out into the sunlight, out of the shadow, out of the closet, deal with it, treat people, have centers where people can get the necessary help.
Quote examples
Jane Badler
American Actress
I have never been afraid to go a bit out there with what I am wearing on film. I tend to be a bit more conservative in real life, with mountains of black in my closet.
Quote examples
Gus Kenworthy
British Athlete
I think that being in the closet is really hard. It takes a toll on your mind. It takes a toll on you. I think it just makes every aspect of your life more difficult.
Quote examples
Jeanne Damas
Author
I have a passion for sweaters. Besides jeans, they are the clothes I have the most of in my closet. I must have a hundred!
Quote examples
Jonathan Groff
American Actor
Once I came out of the closet, it was sort of that thing of 'The truth will set you free.
Quote examples
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
British Statesman
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
My private life has never been a secret. I've never been a closet queen.
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