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Cur·tain

/ˈkərtn/

noun
- 1. a piece of material suspended at the top to form a covering or screen, typically one of a pair at a window: "she drew the curtains and lit the fire" Similar window hanginghangingscreenblindnet curtaincafe curtainportièreblackoutdrop curtaindrop scenetableau curtainsafety curtaindrapepurdahscreencovershieldcloakveilpall
- ▪ a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage.
- ▪ a raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene on a stage: "the art is to hold your audience right from the opening curtain"
- ▪ a disastrous outcome: "it looked like curtains for me"
verb
- 1. provide with a curtain or curtains: "is it OK if we only curtain the lower windows?"
- ▪ conceal or screen with a curtain: "don't be surprised if they curtain off the balconies completely"
Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cortine, from late Latin cortina, translation of Greek aulaia, from aulē ‘court’.
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