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Meaning
Noun
●
A
piece
of
cloth
covering
a
window
,
bed
, etc. to
offer
privacy
and
keep out
light.
●
A
similar
piece
of
cloth
that
separates
the
audience
and the
stage
in a theater.
●
In Theater:
The
beginning
of a show; the
moment
the
curtain
rises.
●
The
flat
area of
wall
which
connects
two
bastions
or
towers
; the main area of a
fortified
wall
.
●
Death.
●
In Architecture:
That part of a
wall
of a
building
which is between two
pavilions
,
towers
, etc.
⚠️
A
flag
; an ensign.
●
The
uninterrupted
stream
of
fluid
that
falls
onto a
moving
substrate
in the process of
curtain
coating.
Verb
●
To
cover
(a
window
) with a
curtain
; to
hang
curtain
s.
●
To
hide
,
cover
or
separate
as if
by a curtain.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
curtain
English
cortine
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
cortina
Latin
cortem
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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Mask
Bed
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Rhymes
Kirton
Curtain
Stourton
Uncertain
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