Used in a Sentence

closet

How to use closet in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for closet.

Editorial note

I'll need an air conditioned server room/closet as well and a decent UPS.

Examples11
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of closet gathered in one view.

noun

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

noun

a toilet in Britain

noun

a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for closet.

noun

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

noun

a toilet in Britain

noun

a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

noun

a small private room for study or prayer

verb

confine to a small space, as for intensive work

Example sentences

1

I'll need an air conditioned server room/closet as well and a decent UPS.

2

"Aaron would be alive today if he'd only stopped before he decided to put a laptop in that server closet.

3

Was the voiceover being done in a closet in a Google lobby or is there another reason for the depressed monotone?

4

A hack for getting good audio on screencasts: sit in a closet with a blanket over your head while you record the audio.

5

It might play in the US, but here in the UK there are/have been out-of-the-closet gay Conservative cabinet ministers.

6

It corresponds to a box inside a storage box inside a closet inside a room inside a house inside a neighborhood, etc.

7

I think most days people won't notice I'm gone until the bugs don't get fixed and a few years later they find me in my condo after I hung myself in the closet.

8

This is almost too good:"As Swartz entered the wiring closet, he held his bicycle helmet like a mask to shield his face, looking through ventilation holes in the helmet.

9

The options are literally run to the Apple store and blow a few grand on a couple of boxes, which are hopefully in stock, which we then upkeep indefinitely in a physical closet.

10

There exists a deer hunting rifle in the closet, which never left the closet so far as I know, but she wanted him punished for his marriage transgression, so report goes out he's in the house, and there's a gun in the house.

11

The idea that the character of the whistleblowers themselves has anything to do with the quality or impact of the information they leak is a propaganda trick enforced by the media-- a leak with a face can be discredited if the face can be discredited, and in the 21st century, everyone has skeletons in the closet.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use closet in a sentence?

I'll need an air conditioned server room/closet as well and a decent UPS.

What does closet mean?

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

What part of speech is closet?

closet is commonly used as noun, verb.