Definition of Curtain

1. Noun. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).

Exact synonyms: Drape, Drapery, Mantle, Pall
Generic synonyms: Blind, Screen, Furnishing
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Drop Cloth, Drop Curtain, Festoon, Frontal, Portiere, Shower Curtain, Theater Curtain, Theatre Curtain
Terms within: Eyehole, Eyelet
Derivative terms: Pall

2. Verb. Provide with drapery. "Curtain the bedrooms"
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

3. Noun. Any barrier to communication or vision. "A curtain of trees"
Generic synonyms: Barrier

Definition of Curtain

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Definition of Curtain

1. to provide with a hanging piece of fabric [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curtain

Cursorius
Cursorius cursor
cursors
cursory
curst
cursus
curt
curtail
curtailed
curtailer
curtailers
curtailing
curtailment
curtailments
curtails
curtain (current term)
curtained
curtaining
curtainless
curtains
curtain call
curtain lecture
curtain off
curtain raiser
curtain raising
curtain ring
curtal
curtalax
curtalaxe
curtalaxes

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