closed-door

[ klohzd-dawr, -dohr ]
/ ˈkloʊzdˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr /

adjective

held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.

Origin of closed-door

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby closed-door

closed union, closed universe, closed-angle glaucoma, closed-captioned, closed-circuit television, closed-door, closed-end, closed-end investment company, closed-loop, closed-minded, closed-stack

British Dictionary definitions for closed door

closed-door

adjective

private; barred to members of the public a closed-door meeting

Idioms and Phrases with closed door

closed door
1

An obstacle or restriction, as in There are no closed doors in the new field of gene therapy. [First half of 1900s]

2

close one's doors. See close down. Also see behind closed doors; close the door.