CURTAIN RAISER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does curtain raiser mean? 

• CURTAIN RAISER (noun)
  The noun CURTAIN RAISER has 2 senses:

1. any preliminary activity

2. a short play presented before the main play

  Familiarity information: CURTAIN RAISER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURTAIN RAISER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any preliminary activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("curtain raiser" is a kind of...):

first step; initiative; opening; opening move (the first of a series of actions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A short play presented before the main play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("curtain raiser" is a kind of...):

play (a theatrical performance of a drama)