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PORTIERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does portiere mean? 

PORTIERE (noun)
  The noun PORTIERE has 1 sense:

1. a heavy curtain hung across a doorwayplay

  Familiarity information: PORTIERE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTIERE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy curtain hung across a doorway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("portiere" is a kind of...):

curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))


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