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SAFETY CURTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safety curtain mean?
• SAFETY CURTAIN (noun)
The noun SAFETY CURTAIN has 1 sense:
1. a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire
Familiarity information: SAFETY CURTAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("safety curtain" is a kind of...):
theater curtain; theatre curtain (a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance)
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