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Definitions for Curtain

[1] a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
[2] a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes.
[3] Chiefly New England . a window shade.
[4] Theater . a set of hanging drapery for concealing all or part of the stage or set from the view of the audience. 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: first-act curtain. an effect, line, or plot solution at the conclusion of a performance: a strong curtain; weak curtain. music signaling the end of a radio or television performance. (used as a direction in a script of a play to indicate that a scene or act is concluded.)
[5] anything that shuts off, covers, or conceals: a curtain of artillery fire.
[6] Architecture . a relatively flat or featureless extent of wall between two pavilions or the like.
[7] Fortification . the part of a wall or rampart connecting two bastions, towers, or the like.
[8] curtains, Slang . the end; death, especially by violence: It looked like curtains for another mobster.
[9] to provide, shut off, conceal, or adorn with, or as if with, a curtain.
[10] draw the curtain on /over , to bring to a close: to draw the curtain on a long career of public service. to keep secret.
[11] lift the curtain on , to commence; start. to make known or public; disclose: to lift the curtain on a new scientific discovery.
[12] a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy
[13] a barrier to vision, access, or communication a curtain of secrecy
[14] a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience
[15] the curtain the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
[16] the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performance
[17] (tr sometimes foll by off ) to shut off or conceal with or as if with a curtain
[18] (tr) to provide (a window, etc) with curtains

Words related to Curtain

decoration, drape, screen, shutter, shroud, shade, veil, drapery, blind, rag, shield, film, hanging, jalousie, valance, oleo, portiere, roller

Words nearby Curtain

cursory, curst, curt, curtail, curtail step, curtain, curtain call, curtain lecture, curtain line, curtain raiser, curtain shutter

Origin of Curtain

1250–1300; Middle English co(u)rtine < Anglo-French, Old French < Late Latin cortīna, probably equivalent to co(ho)rt- (stem of cohors; see court) + -īna -ine1, as calque of Greek aulaía curtain, derivative of aulḗ courtyard

Other words from Curtain

cur·tain·less , adjective
un·cur·tained , adjective

Word origin for Curtain

C13: from Old French courtine, from Late Latin cortīna enclosed place, curtain, probably from Latin cohors courtyard

Synonyms for Curtain

decoration, drape, drapery, screen, shade, shroud, shutter, veil, blind, film, hanging, jalousie, oleo, portiere, rag, roller, shield, valance, Venetian blind