📖 curtain
A Everyday Objects word — definition from our own bank
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curtain
noun1 senses
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- any barrier to communication or vision“a curtain of secrecy”
See also: drapedraperymantlepall
verb2 sense
- provide with drapery“curtain the bedrooms”
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