closet

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: closet

1	n v	a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space confine to a small space, as for intensive work
2	n	a toilet in Britain

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: closet

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; airing cupboard
a warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes until they are completely dry; broom closet
a small room for storing brooms and other cleaning equipment; safe
a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests; supply closet
a closet for storing supplies; meat safe
a safe for storing meat

Type of:: storage space
the area in any structure that provides space for storage

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; booth, cubicle, kiosk, stall
small area set off by walls for special use; confessional
a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions; polling booth
a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes; prompt box, prompter's box
a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage; shower bath, shower stall
booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom; call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk
booth for using a telephone; tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse
a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls; voting booth
a booth in which a person can cast a private vote

Type of:: room
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

Types:: armoire
a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons; clothes closet, clothespress
a closet where clothes are stored; coat closet
a closet for storing outerwear

Type of:: article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy

Type of:: bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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