curtains

Noun

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
• any barrier to communication or vision
• plural of curtain
• An end or death.
• A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.

Verb

• provide with drapery
• third-person singular simple present indicative of curtain

Examples

• "What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them."
• It's curtains for you!

Synonyms

curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall, church windows, legs, tears of wine, wine tears

Related Words

the curtain falls