English > curtain: 3 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). |
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| Synonyms | drape, drapery, mantle, pall |
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| Parts | eyelet, eyehole | A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar |
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| Narrower | drop curtain, drop cloth, drop | A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies |
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| festoon | A curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves |
| frontal | A drapery that covers the front of an altar |
| portiere | A heavy curtain hung across a doorway |
| shower curtain | A curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area |
| theater curtain, theatre curtain | A hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience |
| Broader | blind, screen | A protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight |
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| furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home / home / home (or other area) livable |
| Spanish | cortinaje, cortina, cortinas |
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| Catalan | cortina, cortinatge |
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| Verbs | curtain | provide with drapery |
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