Толковый словарь английского языка - closet
Closet
closet
I. noun see: close Date: 14th century 1. an apartment or small room for privacy, a monarch's or official's private chamber, a cabinet or recess for especially china, household utensils, or clothing, a place of retreat or privacy, water ~ , a state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity , ~ful noun II. transitive verb Date: 1595 to shut up in or as if in a ~, to take into a ~ for a secret interview, III. adjective Date: circa 1615 closely private, working in or suited to the ~ as the place of seclusion or study ; theoretical , being so in private
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n. & v. --n. 1 a small or private room. 2 a cupboard or recess. 3 = water-closet. 4 (attrib.) secret, covert (closet homosexual). --v.tr. (closeted, closeting) shut away, esp. in private conference or study. Phrases and idioms Clerk of the Closet (in the UK) the sovereign's principal chaplain. closet play a play to be read rather than acted. Etymology: ME f. OF, dimin. of clos: see CLOSE(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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