closet
/ˈklɒzɪt/noun
उच्चारण क्लॉज़िट
अलमारी
Core word
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[C] especially AmE
a small room or a space in a wall with a door that is used for storing things
अलमारी
- a clothes closet
- She hung her sarees neatly in the bedroom closet.
- The spare blankets are kept in the hall closet.
+ 2 more examples
- He found his old school bag at the back of the closet.
- We turned the small closet under the stairs into a study corner.
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
closet (storage space)
In American English a closet is a cupboard or small room for clothes or things; British English prefers wardrobe or cupboard.
American English में closet कपड़े या सामान रखने की अलमारी या छोटा कमरा है; British English में wardrobe या cupboard अधिक चलता है।
- She hung her saree in the closet.
- The old toys were stored in a hall closet.
closet + noun (adjective use)
Before a noun, it means secret or hidden, as in a closet romantic.
Noun से पहले इसका अर्थ गुप्त या छिपा हुआ होता है, जैसे 'closet romantic'।
- He is a closet poet who never shows his verses.
- She had a closet fear of water.
in the closet (idiom)
Hiding something about yourself, especially one's identity or a secret.
अपने बारे में कुछ, विशेषकर अपनी पहचान या कोई रहस्य, छिपाए रखना।
- He kept his dream of becoming a singer in the closet.
skeleton in the closet
A fixed phrase for a shameful secret in a family or person's past (British: skeleton in the cupboard).
परिवार या व्यक्ति के अतीत के किसी शर्मनाक रहस्य के लिए स्थिर phrase (British: skeleton in the cupboard)।
- Every old family seems to have a skeleton in the closet.
closet (British note)
A British speaker would say wardrobe for clothes and cupboard for other things; 'water closet' is an old word for toilet.
British वक्ता कपड़ों के लिए wardrobe और अन्य सामान के लिए cupboard कहते हैं; 'water closet' शौचालय का पुराना नाम है।
- The old house still has a water closet at the end of the passage.
+Collocations 5
type + closet
walk-inlinenbroomhallstorage
- The flat has a walk-in closet for clothes.
verb + closet
clean outopentidyhide inhang something in
- She cleaned out her closet before the festival.
closet + noun
doorspaceshelforganiserlight
- A closet organiser can double the storage space.
closet + person
romanticfansmokerpoetcritic
- He is a closet fan of old film songs.
closet + preposition
in the closetout of the closetat the back of the closetinside the closetunder the closet
- The spare quilts are kept at the back of the closet.
“More examples 5
- Radhika found her old school uniform at the back of the closet.
राधिका को अपनी पुरानी स्कूल यूनिफ़ॉर्म closet के पीछे मिली।
- The cleaner keeps her mop in the broom closet.
सफ़ाईकर्मी अपना पोछा broom closet में रखती है।
- My uncle is a closet reader of romance novels.
मेरे चाचा चोरी-छिपे रोमांटिक उपन्यास पढ़ने वाले हैं।
- The newspaper exposed a skeleton in the minister's closet.
अखबार ने मंत्री के अतीत का एक छिपा हुआ राज़ उजागर कर दिया।
- A small closet under the stairs held the winter blankets.
सीढ़ियों के नीचे की एक छोटी अलमारी में सर्दी के कंबल रखे थे।
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✗ She kept the clothes inside closet.
✓ She kept the clothes inside the closet.
A singular countable noun needs an article; use the closet.
एकवचन countable noun के साथ article चाहिए, इसलिए 'the closet' लिखें।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
A skeleton in the closet or cupboard (a shameful secret).
Idiom 'a skeleton in the closet' या 'cupboard' (शर्मनाक राज़)।