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curtain

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1. curtain - Noun

2. curtain - Verb

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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

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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

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