Associations to the word «Cortina»

Wiktionary

CORTINA, noun. A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
CORTINA, noun. A British family car from around the 1970s

Dictionary definition

CORTINA, noun. A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats