Curtain

Quick meaning: Curtain is a noun meaning A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

Meaning

A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

More Meanings

1. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
2. (theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
3. (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
4. (euphemistic, sometimes in the plural) Death, final curtain.
5. (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
6. The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.
7. (obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.

Example Sentences

Their ragged curtains poorly are let loose

He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.

For life is quite absurd / And death's the final word / You must always face the curtain with a bow.

He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.

Word Forms

• curtains
• curtaining
• curtained

Synonyms for curtain

Depending on context, synonyms include becurtain, pall, drape, drapery, mantle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drapery, drape, pall, mantle, sunshade, drapes.

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