closet door

Hides your clothes

A closet door is the door that closes off a closet from the rest of a room.

Beyond its literal sense, closet door appears in expressions about concealing or revealing one's sexuality: to come out of the closet is to acknowledge being gay, and someone still hiding this is behind the closet door.

The phrase closet door moment describes the point when someone decides to stop hiding who they are.

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bedroom · spare room · mirror · folding · squeaky · handle · louvered · clothes · hangers · hidden · wooden · open · shut · swinging · latch · frame · panel · threshold

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Opposites
openness/access

closet dooropen shelving

Unenclosed horizontal storage surfaces

walk-in closet

door type/function

closet doorexterior door

Outer building entrance

main entrance · front door · room divider · grand entrance · exit door

metaphorical concealment

closet doorcoming out

Revealing one's identity

openness · out and proud · self-disclosure · transparency · visibility

Family

closet, door, close, closed, closing, closer, closest, closure, enclose

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G