Associations to the word «Curtain»

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

CURTAIN, noun. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

CURTAIN, noun. (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

CURTAIN, noun. (euphemistic) (also "final curtain") Death.

CURTAIN, noun. (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

CURTAIN, noun. (obsolete) (derogatory) A flag; an ensign.

CURTAIN, verb. To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

CURTAIN CALL, noun. The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance.

CURTAIN CALLS, noun. Plural of curtain call

CURTAIN COATING, noun. A coating process in which an uninterrupted curtain of fluid falls onto a substrate transported underneath it by means of a conveyor belt.

CURTAIN LECTURE, noun. A scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.

CURTAIN RAISER, noun. Alternative form of curtain-raiser

CURTAIN TWITCHER, noun. (British) (slang) A nosy person who watches his or her neighbours, typically from a curtained window.

CURTAIN TWITCHERS, noun. Plural of curtain twitcher

CURTAIN, noun. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).

CURTAIN, noun. Any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees".

CURTAIN, verb. Provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms".