curtain

Meaning

Noun

1. A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
2. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
3. The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
4. The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
5. Death.
6. That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
7. (obsolete) A flag; an ensign.
8. The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.

Verb

1. To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
2. To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

Synonyms

screen

veil

drapery

drape

blind

mantle

hanging

cloak

pall

cover

tent

⛺

shield

🛡️

portiere

tapestry

bunting

door-curtain

hanging screen

curtain wall

jalousie

mask

😷

muffle

nappe

partition

pavilion

purdah

separate

sheathe

shed

shroud

shutter

swag

tassel

top

🔝

Venetian blind

vesture

wall

cover over

drop curtain

sail a boat

window blind

field staff headquarters

secret meeting place

bamboo blind

hanging silk

plagula

contend over

wall of cloth

loose-hanging

besel

hanging curtain

tentorlum

barrier

drape

bathe

bedspread

blanket

board

canopy

clothe

curtains

dice

divide

drapes

enshroud

envelop

flash

foil

front

gilt

hangings

Hyphenated as

cur‧tain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɜːtn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English curtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), a calque from Ancient Greek.