closet

Definition

A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.

Etymology

From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.

Example Sentences

• "A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet."
• "She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."
• "A slepe hym toke / In hys closet."