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THEATRE CURTAIN
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I. (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
Synonyms:
theater curtain; theatre curtain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
