curtain

Plural: curtains

Noun

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• any barrier to communication or vision
  • "a curtain of secrecy"
  • "a curtain of trees"
• 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.
• The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
• Death.
• That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
• A flag; an ensign.
• The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.

Verb

Verb Forms: curtained, curtaining, curtains

• To provide or enclose with a hanging piece of fabric.
• provide with drapery
  • "curtain the bedrooms"
• To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
• To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

Examples

• He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.
• He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.
• He tried to CURTAIN off his rack from prying eyes, but his opponent still glimpsed a valuable ’Q’.

Synonyms

drape, drapery, mantle, pall, becurtain

Related Words

blind, drape

Anagrams of curtain