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      curtain
      noun
      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.
      (theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
      (euphemistic, sometimes in the plural) Death, final curtain.
      (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
      (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
      The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.
      (obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.
      verb
      (transitive) To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
      (transitive, figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
      Roots
      cortinacurtain- · Latin · enclosure, hanging cloth
      Synonyms for curtain
      draperyndrapenpallnveilncanopynawningnmantlenclothnenshroudvtenaille
      Words related to curtain
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