THEATRE CURTAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theatre curtain mean? 

• THEATRE CURTAIN (noun)
  The noun THEATRE CURTAIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: THEATRE CURTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEATRE CURTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

theater curtain; theatre curtain

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theatre curtain"):

safety curtain (a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire)

Holonyms ("theatre curtain" is a part of...):

theater stage; theatre stage (a stage in a theater on which actors can perform)