curtain
curtain
nounDefinition of CURTAIN
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something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth <there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that religious sect>
Synonyms blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps
Related Words blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also fa{ccedil}ade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish
curtains plthe permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities <if you're caught in a government facility with a bomb, it's curtains for you>
Synonyms curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
Related Words casualty, fatality; martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide; annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin; assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter








