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Closet

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

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Booth 76% connected

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clothespress 76% connected

A receptacle for clothes.

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Cubicle 76% connected

A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

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Kiosk 76% connected

A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.

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Safe 76% connected

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…

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Stall 76% connected

A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for on…

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Can 76% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Furniture 76% connected

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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John 76% connected

A proper name of a man.

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Lavatory 76% connected

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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Privy 76% connected

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Toilet 76% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

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Shelf 70% connected

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

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Cupboard 92% connected

A board or shelf for cups and dishes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loo 92% connected

An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Press 92% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wardrobe 92% connected

A room or apartment where clothes are kept, or wearing apparel is stored; a portable closet for hanging up clothes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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