I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
water closet
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
water
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The maids' bathroom and water closet is on the top floor by the linen room.
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Charles went into the water closet on tlie second floor and closed the door behind him.
■ VERB
come
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Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the closet .
go
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The man's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs.
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He got up and went to the hall closet .
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Scarcely anyone ever went near that closet .
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Charles went into the water closet on tlie second floor and closed the door behind him.
lock
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We mustn't keep it locked away in the closet lest it turn to dust.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a skeleton in the closet
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I have a closet full of clothes that don't fit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Are all your cupboards or closets crammed full?
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As for toilet facilities, I have an earth closet so the lack of water does not affect that side of things.
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Coming out of the closet is more significant to white lesbians.
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No point in drawing fire, he argued, as he put the broom back into the closet .
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On the other hand, by downplaying her own commitment to gay rights, she seemed to be validating the political closet .
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She threw me in a closet and tied me up.
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The man's wife had wasted no time going through his closets picking up worn and odd pairs.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He finally came out in 1998, after years as a closet homosexual.
III. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tom spent most of his time closeted in his study, surrounded by his books.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For an hour we were closeted with Colbert.
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He was constantly closeted with the late King.
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Letterman closets himself with these women all day.
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Think of the many hours when the two of them are closeted in the den.