curtain
/ˈkɜːtn̩/
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light; A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater; The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises
- plural
- curtains
Meanings
- 1
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light
May I open the curtain?
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
Let's hide behind the curtain.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater
- 3
The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises
- 4
The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wallrare
- 5
Death, final curtainrare
- 6
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etcrare
- 7
A flag; an ensignrare
- 8
The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coatingrare
- 9
A haircut combining a long fringe on either side of a center part or sometimes off-center, with the sides and the back kept shortrare