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curtain
('k/[@]/rt/-/n )

noun (n)

  • hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    drape, drapery, mantle, pall
    source: wordnet30
  • any barrier to communication or vision(noun.object)
    Example:
    A curtain of secrecy.
    A curtain of trees.
    source: wordnet30
  • A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • provide with drapery(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Curtain the bedrooms.
    source: wordnet30
  • To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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