curtains
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Definitions ofcurtains
- 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.
- To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
- To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
- (in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end, death
Example: ""What if a bunch of scuba divers nosed about here?" / "Curtains for them, when our side-scan sonar sees them.""
- 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
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