Closet vs. Dresser

Closetnoun

(obsolete) Any private area, particularly bowers in the open air.

Closetnoun

Any private or inner room, particularly:

Closetnoun

(obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.

Closetnoun

(archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.

Closetnoun

A place of (usually fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.

Closetnoun

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Closetnoun

(obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.

Closetnoun

A private cabinet, particularly:

Closetnoun

(obsolete) One used to store valuables.

Closetnoun

(archaic) One used to store curiosities.

Closetnoun

One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard.

Closetnoun

(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, particularly the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.

Closetnoun

Any small room or side-room, particularly:

Closetnoun

(US) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

Closetnoun

(obsolete) nodot=a or later (UK) water closet: a room containing a toilet.

Closetnoun

(heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.

Closetnoun

A sewer.

Closetadjective

(obsolete) Private.

Closetadjective

Secret, especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet; closeted.

Closetverb

(transitive) To shut away for private discussion.

Closetverb

(transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.

Closetverb

(transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.

Closetnoun

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

Closetnoun

A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.

Closetverb

To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

Closetverb

To make into a closet for a secret interview.

Closetnoun

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

Closetnoun

a toilet in England

Closetnoun

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

Closetnoun

a small private room for study or prayer

Closetverb

confine to a small space, as for intensive work

Closetadjective

(of information) given in confidence or in secret;

Closetadjective

indulging only covertly;

Closetnoun

a tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage

Closetnoun

a small room, especially one used for storing things or for private study.

Closetnoun

short for water closet

Closetnoun

used to refer to a state of secrecy or concealment, especially about one's homosexuality

Closetadjective

secret; covert

Closetverb

shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study

Closet

A closet (especially in North American usage) is an enclosed space, with a door, used for storage, particularly that of clothes. Fitted closets are built into the walls of the house so that they take up no apparent space in the room.

Dressernoun

An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.

Dressernoun

An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.

Dressernoun

One who dresses in a particular way.

Dressernoun

A wardrobe assistant in a theatre (who helps actors put on their costume)

Dressernoun

(medicine) A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.

Dressernoun

(UK) A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.

Dressernoun

A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.

Dressernoun

(dated) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

Dressernoun

(mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

Dressernoun

One who dresses or prepares stone.

Dressernoun

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

Dressernoun

A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

Dressernoun

An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.

Dressernoun

A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

Dressernoun

A piece of chamber furniture consisting of a chest of drawers, or bureau, with a mirror.

Dressernoun

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Dressernoun

a person who dresses in a particular way;

Dressernoun

a wardrobe assistant for an actor

Dressernoun

low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

Dressernoun

a cabinet with shelves