CHINA CLOSET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does china closet mean? 

• CHINA CLOSET (noun)
  The noun CHINA CLOSET has 1 sense:

1. a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china

  Familiarity information: CHINA CLOSET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHINA CLOSET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

china cabinet; china closet

Hypernyms ("china closet" is a kind of...):

cabinet (a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display)

 Context examples 

"Come and take a walk, my dear?" cried Polly, hopping toward the china closet, with a look suggestive of a lump of sugar.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jo disgraced herself by nearly fainting away, and had to be doctored by Laurie in the china closet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Why Dodo, when she caught him in the china closet half an hour afterward, nearly squeezed the breath out of his little body with a tender embrace, instead of shaking him for being there, and why she followed up this novel performance by the unexpected gift of a big slice of bread and jelly, remained one of the problems over which Demi puzzled his small wits, and was forced to leave unsolved forever.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

So Meg reclined, with rubbers well hidden, and Jo went blundering away to the dining room, which she found after going into a china closet, and opening the door of a room where old Mr. Gardiner was taking a little private refreshment.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)