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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Closet \Clos"et\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Closet \Clos"et\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p.{Closeted} 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
closet
adjective
1: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet information"; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)}, {confidential}, {secret}]
2: indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet liberals" [syn: {closet(a)}, {secret}]
noun
1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: {cupboard}]
2: a toilet in England [syn: {water closet}, {W.C.}, {loo}]
3: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes [syn: {wardrobe}, {press}]
4: a small private room for study or prayer
verb: confine to a small space, as for intensive work
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "closet": WC, academic, adytum, anonymous, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, backhouse, bank, basement, bathroom, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, booking office, bottle up, box, box in, box office, box up, branch, branch office, bunker, buttery, cabin, cabinet, can, cargo dock, casket, cellar, chambers, chancellery, chancery, chest, cloakroom, cloister, clothes closet, coffin, comfort station, confidential, confine, conservatory, consulate, convenience, corporate headquarters, cramp, crapper, crate, crib, cupboard, den, depository, depot, dock, drawer, dressing room, dump, earth closet, embassy, encase, entomb, exchequer, executive office, fitting room, glory hole, godown, head, headquarters, hold, holy of holies, home office, hushed, hutch, immure, incognito, inmost, innermost, inside, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, jakes, john, johnny, johnny house, latrine, lavatory, legation, library, linen closet, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, main office, necessary, office, outhouse, personal, powder room, private, privy, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rest room, retired, retreat, rick, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, secluded, sequestered, shelf, shop, speculative, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, straiten, study, supply base, supply depot, tank, ticket office, toilet, toilet room, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, urinal, vat, vault, wardrobe, warehouse, washroom, water closet, wine cellar, withdrawn
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).
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