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Definition: Closet |
ClosetAdjective1. (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications". 2. Indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals". Noun1. A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space. 2. A toilet in England. 3. A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes. 4. A small private room for study or prayer. Verb1. Confine to a small space, as for intensive work. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "closet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
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Bible | 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). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Slang | Noun. Source: From "closet" a place of keeping or hiding possesions or objects. Definition: A person (a homosexual) that keeps thier sexual identity hidden from others. Context: Used in casual speech to describe a person that will not be honest about or honest with thier sexuality. Social Source: White Homosexual College Students . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Synonyms: ClosetSynonyms: closet(a) (adj), confidential (adj), secret (adj), cupboard (n), loo (n), press (n), wardrobe (n), water closet (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: closeted (computing, electrical engineering), closeting. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ambush | Noun: camouflage; mimicry; hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette. |
Inexpedience | Evil doer; bane; plague spot; (insalubrity); evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid, thorn in the side. |
Pain | Source of irritation, source of annoyance; wound, open sore; sore subject, skeleton in the closet; thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side; where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood. |
Receptacle | Closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. |
Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement. | |
Seclusion Exclusion | Recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret, anchorite; Simon Stylites; troglodyte, Timon of Athens, Santon, solitaire, ruralist, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic; wastrel, foundling, wilding. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Closet |
| English words defined with "closet": Ambry, Aumery ♦ broom closet ♦ Carrol, china closet, closet auger, closet drama, closet queen, Closet sin, Closeting, clothes closet, clothespress, coat closet, come, come out of the closet, come up ♦ Earth closet ♦ Hopper closet ♦ niere ♦ Press bed ♦ secret, Shelving, supply closet, Sweat box ♦ water closet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "closet": centralised cabling, centralized cabling, closet approach, closet builder ♦ DUNEGAN ♦ Frankenputer ♦ in the closet, Intermediate Distribution Frame ♦ Main Distribution Frame, Mother Bunch ♦ network closet ♦ out of the closet ♦ pail closet ♦ Questions and Commands ♦ range closet. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Closet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (water-closet), Romanian (closet, lavatory, privy, toilet, w.c.). |
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Screenplays | In the closet. (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) We built a nursery in our bedroom closet. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) You ain't blind, you just in the damn closet. (Get Crazy; writing credit: Danny Opatoshu; Henry Rosenbaum) What are you doing in my closet, Jeffrey Beaumont? (Blue Velvet; writing credit: David Lynch) Tom, you're so deep in the closet you're finding Christmas presents. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) | |
Lyrics | But tonight, I'm cleanin' out my closet (Cleanin' Out My Closet; performing artist: Eminem) With new bones in your closet (More Than A Woman; performing artist: Aaliyah) And then y'all could throw the skeleton bones right in the closet do' (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature) From the ghost in the closet, the monkey on your back (Halfway To Memphis; performing artist: Sammy Hagar) | |
Clever | Can you be a closet claustrophobic? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Closet (1973) Won in a Closet (1914) Rescued From the Closet (2001) Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines Out of the Closet (2001) | |
Song Titles | In The Closet (performing artist: Michael Jackson) | |
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 | Closet without Enclosure. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | New and Improved Self-Acting Earth Closet. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | What every husband knows. The spring golf-cap hunt -- beginning at the hall closet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Get back in that closet -- and stay there!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Woman at china closet, Salem, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. M. LaBlanc arranging articles on dresser. Note improvised closet space in this home. La Blancs will be tenant purchase clients. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Carpenter's wife taking things out of improvised closet in her tent-home. Mission Valley, California, about three miles from San Diego. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. John Taylor, residence in Stockton, New Jersey. Bedroom closet, closed. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Maxson A. Eddy, residence in Vineland, New Jersey. Bedroom closet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rocky Mount Lumber Co. Woman in closet of portable house no. one. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Johann Kaspar Lavater | Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet. |
Lord Chesterfield | Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. |
Samuel Johnson | Sir, he was dull in company, dull in his closet, dull everywhere. He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jondrette opened a closet near the chimney, took out an old cap and put it on his head after brushing it with his sleeve. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Come, Hastings, help me to my closet. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | When I had done, Glumdalclitch always carried my boat into her closet, and hung it on a nail to dry. |
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Tim McGraw | My mother used to keep Christmas presents in her closet. I was going through the closet looking for Christmas presents. I ran across my birth certificate. That's how I found out. |
Trisha Meili | I wrote him a letter thanking him, telling him how much it meant to me, and it really, I hung it in my room, it's still, it hangs from our closet door at home, and it just, I think, you know, kept me pushing. |
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| "Closet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.10% of the time. "Closet" is used about 205 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.1% | 197 | 21,803 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.95% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.98% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.98% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 205 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "closet": broom closet ♦ china closet ♦ closet auger ♦ closet drama ♦ closet queen ♦ closet seat ♦ Closet sin ♦ closet stool ♦ clothes closet ♦ coat closet ♦ come out of the closet ♦ Earth closet ♦ Hopper closet ♦ linen closet ♦ network closet ♦ pail closet ♦ range closet ♦ skeleton in the closet ♦ supply closet ♦ water closet. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "closet": closet-free, closet-reformists. | |
Ending with "closet": earth-closet, water-closet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
closet organizer | 1,942 | closet by design | 78 |
closet | 1,796 | shelving closet | 74 |
california closet | 720 | walk in closet | 72 |
closet design | 487 | sliding closet door | 72 |
door closet | 469 | bifold closet door | 63 |
cleaning out my closet | 375 | cleaning closet eminem lyrics | 61 |
platos closet | 360 | closet hip hop | 61 |
closet organization | 291 | closet organize | 59 |
closet system | 285 | closet shelf | 57 |
closet maid | 282 | portable closet | 54 |
closet storage | 238 | cleaning closet lyrics | 54 |
custom closet | 238 | annies charm closet | 54 |
abc abuse america arizona baltzer ben boy carlton child child christi closet good isaac morning news phoenix protective services | 198 | linen closet | 52 |
wardrobe closet | 152 | cedar closet | 50 |
water closet | 134 | closet door mirror | 48 |
closet and accessory | 125 | boy closet in | 47 |
cleanin out my closet | 112 | boy closet in locked | 46 |
closet organizing | 110 | closet monster | 45 |
closet world | 103 | build a closet | 38 |
closet factory | 78 | bi fold closet door | 36 |
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Afrikaans | kas (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | wc (rest room, washroom), mbyll në një dhomë të veçuar, dollap në mur (hutch), depo (buttery, deposit, depository, depot, magazine, repertory, repository, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strongroom, war house, warehouse, yard), banjë (ablution, bath, bathe, bathroom, conveniences, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom, water closet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقصورة (box, compartment), مرحاض (bathroom, cabinet, cloakroom, latrine, lavatory, loo, necessary, privy, restroom, toilet, washroom, water closet), حجرة صغيرة (compartment), سري (clandestine, classified, close, confidential, covert, cryptic, discreet, furtive, hugger mugger, hush hush, inmost, low key, mysterious, mystic, occult, off the record, private, privy, sacramental, secret, slinking, stealthy, subterranean, surreptitious, umbilical, undercover, underground, underhand), خزانة (cabinet, case, cupboard, locker, safe deposit, wardrobe), المختلى (den). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asturian | almariu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | armairu (cupboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bemba | kabati. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | частен работен кабинет, шкаф (bureau, commode), кабинетен (armchair, parlor, parlour), малка стаичка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | armari (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cebuano | tagoanan (locker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 壁橱, 壁櫥 (a built-in wardrobe or cupboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | skříò (cabinet, cupboard, panel, press), přístìnek (alcove), komùrka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skab (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kast (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecuadorian Quechua | huarcuna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ŝranko (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | skáp (cabinet, cupboard, locker, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پنهان کردن (Cache, Cloak, Conceal, Cover, Disguise, Dissemble, Dissimulate, Eloign, Hide, Mask, Secrete, Shadow, Wrap), پستو, منزوی شدن (Seclude), مخفی (Clandestine, Hid, Invisible, Secret, Slinky, Undercover), نهفتن (Conceal, Hide), گنجه (Cupboard), صندوق خانه , خصوصی (Backside, Backstage, Informal, Personal, Private, Subjective). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaappi (bookcase, cabinet, cupboard, sideboard, wardrobe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | armoire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | kammenet (cabinet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wandschrank (press, wall closet, wall cupboard), schrank (bookcase, cabinet, console, cubicle, cupboard, locker, sideboard, wardrobe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καμαράκι, κτιστό ντουλάπι, ντουλάπι (cabinet, cupboard, pantry), θάλαμοσ (chamber, compartment, thalamous), θαλαμίσκοσ (cubicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ארון (cabinet, cupboard, locker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szobácska, fülke (box, cabin, chamber, chase, compartment, niche, subdivision, traverse), angol vécé (flushing closet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kamar kecil (toilet), jamban (cesspool, latrine, lavatory, toilet, w.c.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inuktitut | qulitaujakkuvik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | armadio (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard, wardrobe), stanzino. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 納戸 (back room, storage room), 収納家具 (cabinet), 押し込み (burglar, burglary), 押し入れ , 押入れ , 押入 , 戸棚 (cupboard, locker, wardrobe), クロス商い (chloromycetin, chromatography, chromium, chronicle, chrono, chronobiology, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clock, clomiphene, crocus, Cro-Magnon, cropped pants, croquet, cross trade, crossing zone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta), クレブス回路 (checkroom, cleanser, cleansing cream, cleansing lotion, cleric, cloakroom, clone, close, closed, closed stance, closed system, close-up, closure, crawl, Kraepelin, Krebs cycle, Kremlin, Kremlinology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おしいれ, おし"み (burglar, burglary), な"ど (back room, degree of difficulty, how many times?, how often?, storage room), しゅうのうかぐ (cabinet), クローゼット , クロゼット , と な (cupboard, locker, wardrobe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kongo | kikozo (bathroom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 옷장 (Wardrobe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macedonian | shkav. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shamyr er lheh (private room, sanctum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mohawk | yohkwennyarahkwa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | armari (cupboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papago | chekkud. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kashi (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osetclay szafa (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) armário (ambry, cabinet, cuddy, cupboard, sideboard, wardrobe). (various references) cabinet. (various references) closet (lavatory, privy, toilet, w.c.), camerã secretã, camerã (apartment, bladder, chamber, house, lock-chamber, room, roomful, tube), cabinet (cabinet, chamber, government, office, parlor, parlour, study), cãmarã (larder, pantry, store room), toaletã (can, dress, dressing, John, lavatory, outhouse, plumbing, powder room, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, w.c., washing, washstand), dulap (board, cabinet, case, chest, cupboard, glass case, plank, press, sideboard, swing boat, wardrobe), bufet (bar, buffet, cabinet, canteen, cupboard, luncheon bar, provision room, refectory, road house, sideboard, taproom), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clasp, clench, close, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, enclose, fasten, furl, girdle, half-shut, heal, hem, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper). (various references) akabati (dresser, locker). (various references) шкаф (cabinet, cupboard, locker, rack cabinet, sideboard). (various references) afeafe. (various references) cùil (angle, corner, niche, nook, recess), preasa (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) boithomelo (toilet). (various references) plakar (cabinet), nužnik (bathroom, latrine, privy, toilet). (various references) ripustigghiu. (various references) armario (cabinet, cupboard, locker, sideboard, wardrobe). (various references) kasi (cabinet, cheese, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) kabati (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) skåp (cabinet, cupboard, locker, sideboard). (various references) ความลับที่น่าตกใจ (skeleton in the closet). (various references) yüklük (cupboard), tuvalet (bathroom, cloakroom, convenience, dress clothes, formal, John, latrine, lav, lavatory, loo, privy, rear, rest room, restroom, retiring room, toilet, washroom, wash-room, water closet), odaya kapatmak, mahrem (camera, close, confidental, hush hush, private, privy, secluded, secret), klozet, kişisel (individual, intimate, personal, private, self, singular), küçük oda (Cubby, cubbyhole), helâ (latrine, loo, restroom, toilet, wash-room), gizli oda, gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, latent, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, quiet, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, secretly, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, snug, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), gömme dolap, dolap (cabal, cabinet, cheating, collusion, cuddy, cupboard, dodge, dope, doubling, flimflam, frame up, game, hutch, imposture, intrigue, jiggery pokery, machination, machinations, maneuver, manoeuvre, ramp, repository, ruse, sell, trap, wardrobe, water wheel, wile), bölme (bay, chamber, compartment, curtain, dividing, dividing wall, division, divisional, fraction, hatch, hatchway, partition, repartition, screen, screening, section, septum, splitting), şahsi (individual, personal, private, proprietary, self), özel (ad hoc, distinctive, esoteric, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, intimate, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, proprietary, self, sole, special, specific, state, very). (various references) стіна шафа, ута"ний (concealed), убиральня (bog-house, cloaca, cloak-room, lavatory, privy, rest room, retiring room, toilet, washroom), хижа, туалетна кімната, та"мний (arcane, back door, backstairs, clandestine, close, colorable, colourable, covert, cryptic, esoteric, hideaway, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, hush hush, invisible, mystic, occult, occulted, offscreen, private, secret, sly, sneaking, stealthy, subterranean, surreptitious, undercover), конфіденціальний, комірка (nucleus, nutshell), кабінетний (cabinet), кабінет (cabinet, office), зачиняти (close, crib, shut), замикати (crib, fasten, lock up, pen, shut in, sneck), запирати, прихований (arcane, blind, bosomed, close, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, furtive, glossy, hideaway, latent, obscure, obumbrate, occulted, privy, secret, stealthy, ulterior, underneath, veiled). (various references) bu"ng nhỏ. (various references) cwpwrdd (cabinet, cupboard, sideboard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aediculam, aediculas, armarium, clausum. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | closet. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Su de otan proseuch eiselqe eiV to tamieion sou kai kleisaV thn quran sou proseuxai tw patri sou tw en tw kruptw kai o pathr sou o blepwn en tw kruptw apodwsei soi en tw fanerw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tu autem cum orabis intra in cubiculum tuum et cluso ostio tuo ora Patrem tuum in abscondito et Pater tuus qui videt in abscondito reddet tibi |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þu soðlice þonne þu þe bidde. gangin-to þinen hel-clyfen. & þinre dure belocenre.bide þinne fader on diglen. & þinfæder þe sihð on dyglen hyt agylt þe. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But whanne thou schalt preye, entre in to thi couche, and whanne the dore is schet, preye thi fadir in hidils, and thi fadir that seeth in hidils, schal yelde to thee. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But when thou prayest entre into thy chamber and shut thy dore to the and praye to thy father which ys in secrete: and thy father which seith in secret shall rewarde the openly. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Apan ikaw, sa magaampo ka, sumulod ka sa imong lawak ug takpi ang pultahan ug mag-ampo ka sa imong Amahan nga anaa sa tago; ug ang imong Amahan nga nagatan-aw sa tago magabalus kanimo. |
| Croatian | Ti naprotiv, kad moliš, uði u svoju sobu, zatvori vrata i pomoli se svomu Ocu, koji je u skrovitosti. I Otac tvoj, koji vidi u skrovitosti, uzvratit æe ti." |
| Danish | Men du, når du beder, da gå ind i dit Kammer, og luk din Dør, og bed til din Fader, som er i Løndom, og din Fader, som ser i Løndom, skal betale dig. |
| Dutch | Maar gij, wanneer gij bidt, gaat in uw binnenkamer, en uw deur gesloten hebbende, bidt uw Vader, Die in het verborgen is; en uw Vader, Die in het verborgen ziet, zal het u in het openbaar vergelden. |
| Finnish | Vaan sinä, kun rukoilet, mene kammioosi ja sulje ovesi ja rukoile Isääsi, joka on salassa; ja sinun Isäsi, joka salassa näkee, maksaa sinulle. |
| French | Mais quand tu pries, entre dans ta chambre, ferme ta porte, et prie ton Père qui est l dans le lieu secret; et ton Père, qui voit dans le secret, te le rendra. |
| German | Wenn aber du betest, so gehe in dein Kämmerlein und schließ die Tür zu und bete zu deinem Vater im Verborgenen; und dein Vater, der in das Verborgene sieht, wird dir's vergelten öffentlich. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kalau kalian berdoa, masuklah ke kamar dan tutuplah pintu, lalu berdoalah kepada Bapamu yang tidak kelihatan itu. Maka Bapamu yang melihat perbuatanmu yang tersembunyi akan memberi upah kepadamu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi engkau ini, apabila engkau hendak berdoa, masuklah ke dalam bilikmu, kuncikan pintu bilikmu itu, lalu berdoa kepada Bapamu yang tiada kelihatan, maka Bapamu yang nampak barang yang tiada kelihatan itu, Ialah akan meluluskan kepadamu. |
| Italian | Tu invece, quando preghi, entra nella tua camera e, chiusa la porta, prega il Padre tuo nel segreto; e il Padre tuo, che vede nel segreto, ti ricompenser . |
| Latvian | Bet tu, kad lûgsi Dievu, ieej savâ kambarî un, durvis aizslçdzis, pielûdz savu Tçvu slepenîbâ, un tavs Tçvs, kas redz slepenîbâ, atalgos tevi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh uss, tra t'ou goaill padjer, immee stiagh ayns dty hiamyr; as dooney dty ghorrys, guee gys dty Ayr dy follit, as nee dty Ayr ta fakin ny ta jeant dy follit, leagh y chur dhyt dy foshlit. |
| Maori | Na, ka inoi koe, tomo atu ki tou ruma i roto rawa, a, no ka kati tou tatau, inoi ki tou Matua i te wahi ngaro; a ko tou Matua e kite nei i te wahi ngaro, mana koe e utu. |
| Norwegian | Men du, når du beder, da gå inn i ditt lønnkammer og lukk din dør og bed til din Fader, som er i lønndom, og din Fader, som ser i lønndom, han skal lønne dig i det åpenbare. |
| Portuguese | Mas tu, quando orares, entra no teu quarto e, fechando a porta, ora a teu Pai que está em secreto; e teu Pai, que vê em secreto, te recompensará. |
| Rumanian | Ci tu, cknd te rogi, intrq kn odqiya ta, kncuie-yi uwa, wi roagq-te Tatqlui tqu, care este kn ascuns; wi Tatql tqu, care vede kn ascuns, kyi va rqsplqti. |
| Russian | фЩ ЦЕ, ЛПЗ"Б НПМЙЫШУС, ЧПК"Й Ч ЛПНОБФХ ФЧПА Й, ЪБФЧПТЙЧ "ЧЕТШ ФЧПА, ПНПМЙУШ пФ"Х ФЧПЕНХ, лПФПТЩК ЧФБКОЕ; Й пФЕ" ФЧПК, ЧЙ"СЭЙК ФБКОПЕ, ЧПЪ"БУФ ФЕ'Е СЧОП. |
| Shuar | Tura ame Yus áujeakmeka ame Kuárturmin wayam waiti epenim nui amek ame Apa Yus áujsata. Nuna ame Apa Yus uuka Túramu waitma asa akirmaktatui.' |
| Swahili | Lakini wewe unaposali, ingia chumbani mwako, funga mlango, kisha umwombe Baba yako asiyeonekana. Naye Baba yako aonaye yaliyofichika, atakutuza. |
| Swedish | Nej, när du vill bedja, gå då in i din kammare, och stäng igen din dörr, och bed till din Fader i det fördolda. Då skall din Fader, som ser i det fördolda, vedergälla dig. |
| Uma | Jadi', ane mosampaya-ta, mesua' hi rala tomi, unca wobo', pai' -ta lako' mosampaya-di hi Tuama-ta to uma kahiloa. Apa' nahilo moto-di kehi-ta to uma ra'incai doo, pai' nahiwili-taka mpai'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "closet": closeted, closetful, closetfuls, closeting, closets. (additional references) | |
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"Closet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: calaste, Clissett, clist, clopet, Cloret, closete, Closey, Closkelt, closset, closted, Clotes, clozet, Cluett, clust, cluste, colest, Colloveti, coset, cosit, Coslet, Lissett, losset, Mcloskey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "closet" (pronounced klÄ"zut) |
| 4 | -Ä" z u t | composite, deposit, posit. |
| 3 | -z u t | exit, exquisite, opposite, perquisite, prerequisite, requisite, revisit, transit, visit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: celts, close, clots, coles, colts, coset, cotes, escot, socle, stole, telos, toles. | |
-2 letters: cels, celt, clot, cole, cols, colt, cost, cote, cots, lest, lets, lose, lost, lots, oles, scot, sect, sloe, slot, sole, tels, toes, tole. | |
-3 letters: cel, col, cos, cot, els, let, lot, oes, ole, ose, sec, sel, set, sol, sot, tel. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: citoles, closest, closets, clothes, coldest, collets, colters, coolest, corslet, costrel, lactose, lectors, locates, lockets, ocelots, talcose. | |
+2 letters: acolytes, blotches, calottes, cataloes, cholates, cholents, chortles, cloister, closeout, closeted, clotures, clouters, coaliest, coatless, coistrel, collates, collects, corselet, corslets, costless, costlier, costrels, couldest, coulters, couplets, crosslet, culottes, electors, electros, eschalot, fetlocks, lacteous, lactones, lactoses, lections, locaters, lockstep, locustae, noctules, obstacle, octuples, osculate, polecats, sectoral, selcouth, selector, societal, solecist, solstice, telsonic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 6F 73 65 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. --- ... . - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101111 01110011 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l o s e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 006F 0073 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377881857186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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