CLOSET

I. noun see: close Date: 14th century 1. an apartment or small room for privacy, a monarch's or official's private chamber, a cabinet or recess for especially china, household utensils, or clothing, a place of retreat or privacy, water ~ , a state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity , ~ful noun II. transitive verb Date: 1595 to shut up in or as if in a ~, to take into a ~ for a secret interview, III. adjective Date: circa 1615 closely private, working in or suited to the ~ as the place of seclusion or study ; theoretical , being so in private