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- Dictionarycurtain/ˈkəːtn/
noun
- 1. a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window: "she drew the curtains and lit the fire" Similar
- 2. a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage: "he wants to see you directly the curtain comes down"
verb
- 1. provide with a curtain or curtains: "is it OK if we only curtain the lower windows?"
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The meaning of CURTAIN is a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up; especially : window drapery. How to use curtain in a sentence.
CURTAIN definition: 1. a piece of material, especially cloth, that hangs across a window or opening to make a room or…. Learn more.
noun. a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy. a barrier to vision, access, or communication. a curtain of secrecy. a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience. the curtain.
noun. 1. a piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways, hung for decoration, as at a window, or to cover, conceal, or shut off something. 2. anything that covers, conceals, separates, or shuts off. a curtain of fog. 3.
Definition of curtain noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. curtain. noun. /ˈkɜːtn/ /ˈkɜːrtn/ Idioms. [countable] a piece of cloth that is hung to cover a window. to draw/pull/close the curtains (= to pull them across the window so they cover it) She opened her curtains and looked out.
the act or time of raising or opening a curtain at the start of a performance: an 8:30 curtain. the end of a scene or act indicated by the closing or falling of a curtain:
Definitions of curtain. noun. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) synonyms: drape, drapery, mantle, pall. see more. noun. any barrier to communication or vision. “a curtain of secrecy”. “a curtain of trees”.
