curtain

Speech parts

1. curtain - Noun

2. curtain - Verb

Meaning

A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.

That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drapery drape valance pall screen blind shade mantle veil shroud hangings louvre omega barbican arras
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Antonyms

see creation communication explain conversation brightness
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Hypernyms

provide supply screen render blind barrier

Hyponyms

festoon drop frontal portiere drop curtain drop cloth

Phrases with the word

behind the curtain the curtain falls curtain time curtain warmer curtain raisers curtain of fire

Derivatives

curtained curtaining

Anagrams

turacin

Examples

a curtain of secrecy Source: Internet

a curtain of trees Source: Internet

curtain the bedrooms Source: Internet

Admittedly the southwestern parts of the building of the baroque Dresden Zwinger including the Kronentor gate stand on parts of the outer curtain wall that are still visible today; but there is no longer any trace of the inner wall. Source: Internet

A CVS employee protected the pharmacy area with a plastic curtain on March 25 in Manhattan. Source: Internet

Almost lifeless, the tired entertainers of the night clubs and their friends straggle to their rooms, taximen compare notes and earnings, the vast street scene has had its curtain call, the play is over. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

curtailment curtailment of expenses curtailment of spending curtain array curtain bangs curtain call