Scotland · noun
close
A shared entrance, passage, or stair in a tenement building.
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What close means
In Scottish urban usage, a close is the shared entrance passage and often the stair serving flats in a tenement building.
How it is used
People may refer to meeting in the close, cleaning the close, or leaving something at the close door.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- Usually /kloːs/ in this noun sense
- Register
- Everyday Scottish urban English.
- Variants
- tenement close
Examples
Each example is followed by its intended plain-English meaning.
I'll meet you in the close.
I will meet you in the shared entrance area.
Someone left the bike at the close door.
Someone left the bicycle by the shared entrance door.
What to watch for
This noun sense differs from standard English close meaning nearby or to shut.
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