closet
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈklɒzɪt/
- Archaic
:
retrete
- I must go to the water closet.
Examples
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But both the bathroom and closet are up several steps from the bedroom.
Blog text (11) -
The rich start using water closets, which are toilets of some sort.
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Extra toilet paper in the closet, Chief.
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This is our little closet space and our restroom.
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The hotel was so elegant, with even our own private indoor water closet.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's a toilet in my closet and it works.
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So, the closet's right here, and the bathroom's at the end of the hall.
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After that, he never went farther away than to the toilet that stood in the closet under the attic stairs.
Fiction book (1995) -
Water closet?
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That is the closet where the guests can find the toilet.
Synonyms
275
1.0
A small room with a bowl and sink where people go to pee or poo
39
8.5
A small room with a toilet that people use to pee or poo
20
1.0
A room with toilets and sinks, often in a public building
18
2.8
A small bathroom for women in public places or for guests at home
12
9.9
A small outdoor toilet in a separate building
3
6.1
A small room with a toilet for people to use
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1.0
A small room with a toilet for people to use
A small room with a toilet in public places
A small outdoor toilet that uses earth to cover waste instead of flushing it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To tell other people that you practice witchcraft or Pagan beliefs after keeping it secret
Compounds
- Specialized
A plumbing tool with a long flexible shaft and a crank handle used to clear toilet clogs
- Archaic
A small outdoor toilet that uses earth to cover waste instead of flushing it
How Private
Surface Forms
Etymology
Closet comes from the same root as close and the old word claudere, meaning 'to close'. People used the word for any small private room, and when a toilet was put in such a room it became a 'water closet', so closet can mean a toilet in older British English.