closet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: closet	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for closet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closet n a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space Synonym(s): cupboard, closet a toilet in Britain Synonym(s): water closet, closet, W.C., loo a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes Synonym(s): wardrobe, closet, press a small private room for study or prayer v confine to a small space, as for intensive work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Closet \Clos"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. & vb. n. {Closeting}.] 1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.] Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. --Cowper. 2. To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. --Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. --Froude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Closet \Clos"et\, n. [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See {Close} an inclosure.] 1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. --Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. --Matt. vi. 6. 2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. --Dryden. {Closet sin}, sin commited in privacy. --Bp. Hall.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Closet as used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12: 24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matt. 6:6; Luke 12:3).