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# closet

«closet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small private room, used for rest, prayer or quiet work** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (closet, closets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A closet is a small private room, used for rest, prayer or quiet work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#m1)

2) A closet is a cupboard for clothes or things, as in modern English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a small hidden room where someone can be alone or hide; «peeped inside the closet» means looked into the little room

### examples

- He peeped inside the closet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#x1)
- She was resolved to go into the closet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#x2)
- Hang your coat in the closet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#x3)
- The prince hid himself in a closet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «closet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.