(n): the area in any structure that provides space for storage
(n): a toilet in Britain
(n): a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
(n): a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
(n): furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
(n): a small private room for study or prayer
(n): an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
(v): confine to a small space, as for intensive work
(v): prevent from leaving or from being removed
The boxes come out
From closets and chests,
With odd sorts of clothes
Like old hats and vests,
And photographed faces,
And ribbons and laces,
And postcards of places,
And cards left by guests.
- Dorothy Brown Thompson, 'I Like Housecleaning'.
cLOSEt, and cLOSeT: One closets a thing so as not to lose it (among other things).