curtain
21curtain — cur•tain [[t]ˈkɜr tn[/t]] n. 1) fur a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc 2) fur a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes 3) sbz a) a movable drapery that hangs… …
22curtain — /ˈkɜtn / (say kertn) noun 1. a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, etc. 2. Theatre a. a set of hanging drapery, etc., for concealing all or part of the set from the view of the audience. b. the act or… …
23curtain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. screen, veil, valance, drapery, portiere, hanging, blind, shade. See concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drape, drapery, hanging, portiere, screen, shade, window covering, film, decoration, blind,… …
24curtain — noun 1》 a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways and found as one of a pair at a window. ↘(the curtain) a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a… …
25curtain — noun (C) 1 a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, door etc to divide a room etc: draw the curtains (=close the curtains) 2 a sheet of heavy material that can be made to come down across the front of the stage in a… …
26curtain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English curtine, from Anglo French, from Late Latin cortina (translation of Greek aulaia, from aulē court), from Latin cohort , cohors enclosure, court more at court Date: 14th century 1. a hanging screen usually capable …
27curtain — 1. noun /ˈkɜː(r)tən/ a) A piece of cloth covering a window to keep the sun from shining inside. Captain Rense, beleagring the Citie of Errona for us, [...] caused a forcible mine to be wrought under a great curtine of the walles [...]. b) A… …
28Curtain — 1) Ten curtains, each twenty eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat s hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1 13; 36:8 17). 2) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from the sanctuary, is… …
29curtain — cur·tain || kÉœËtn n. length of fabric (hung at a window, on the stage of a theater, etc.) v. conceal with a curtain, screen; adorn with a curtain …
30curtain*/*/*/ — [ˈkɜːt(ə)n] noun 1) [C] a long piece of cloth that hangs down to cover a window She closed the curtains.[/ex] Open the curtains and let some light in.[/ex] 2) [C] a large piece of cloth that hangs in front of the stage in a theatre, or that… …
