Someone or something that closes. / Someone or something that concludes. / (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)

(chiefly Britain) A room containing a flush toilet. / (UK) A flush toilet itself. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet.

(nautical) with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and not shivering

with the sails close-hauled

(grammar) A compound word without spaces in it. Some examples: dishcloth, keyboard, pancake, waterproof.

(idiomatic) A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.

(idiomatic, originally US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.

superlative form of close: most close.

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of close

(slang) A gay person who pretends to be heterosexual. / A person who is shunned, ignored, or considered to be an embarrassment.