2syllables
curtain
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Definitions ofcurtain
1noun
- 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.
- (by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
Example: "He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry."
- (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
- (also "final curtain") Death.
- That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
- A flag; an ensign.
1verb
- To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
- To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
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