broom closet noun2 •(US) A closet in which cleaning materials and associated equipment, such as brooms, are stored.The backup team would be crouched in some tiny broom closet, with sweat rolling down their faces and their backs growing stiffer, and the jackrollers would just walk by. — 1988 •(humorous, figurative) The metaphorical place in which a Wiccan's religious identity is hidden. formsbroom closets