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- Dictionarycurtain/ˈkəːtn/
noun
- 1. a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window: "she drew the curtains and lit the fire" Similar
- 2. a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage: "he wants to see you directly the curtain comes down"
verb
- 1. provide with a curtain or curtains: "is it OK if we only curtain the lower windows?"
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a piece of cloth or other material that hangs across a window or space to decorate a room or to make it dark or private: In the restaurant, arches covered with beaded curtains divide the room. In a theater, the curtain is a large, movable sheet of heavy material that separates the stage from the area where people are sitting.
noun. cur· tain ˈkər-tᵊn. Synonyms of curtain. 1. : a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up. especially : window drapery. 2. : a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier compare iron curtain. 3. a. : the part of a bastioned front that connects two neighboring bastions. b (1) : a similar stretch of plain wall. (2)
Curtain definition: a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.. See examples of CURTAIN used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways, hung for decoration, as at a window, or to cover, conceal, or shut off something. 2. anything that covers, conceals, separates, or shuts off. a curtain of fog. 3.
a very thin piece of cloth that you hang at a window and that allows light to enter but stops people outside from being able to see inside. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [countable] a piece of cloth that is hung up as a screen in a room or around a bed, for example. a shower curtain. He took a bag from a shelf behind some curtains.
a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance. a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire. a theater drop that appears opaque until it is lit from behind.
the end of a scene or act indicated by the closing or falling of a curtain: first-act curtain. an effect, line, or plot solution at the conclusion of a performance:
Curtain definition: A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.
CURTAIN definition: a piece of material that hangs down to cover a window, stage, etc: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of CURTAIN. 1. [count] : a piece of cloth that hangs down from above a window and can be used to cover the window. She opened/closed the curtains. She drew/pulled the curtains (open/closed). — see picture at window. 2. [count] : a piece of cloth or other material that is hung to protect or hide something.
