<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.</li><li>a small private room, especially one used for prayer, meditation, etc.</li><li>a state or condition of secrecy or carefully guarded privacy: Some conservatives remain in the closet except on election day.</li><li>Gay liberation has encouraged many gay people to come out of the closet.</li><li>water closet.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>private; secluded.</li><li>suited for use or enjoyment in privacy: closet reflections; closet prayer.</li><li>engaged in private study or speculation; speculative; unpractical: a closet thinker with no practical experience.</li><li>being or functioning as such in private; secret: a closet anarchist.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to shut up in a private room for a conference, interview, etc. (usually used in the passive voice): The secretary of state was closeted with the senator for three hours in a tense session.</li></ul>