ALL meanings of iron curtain
i·ron cur·tain
I i - noun iron curtain (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries. 1
- noun iron curtain an impenetrable barrier to communication or information, especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy. 1
- noun iron curtain ideological separation between Soviet Union and the West 1
- proper noun iron curtain People referred to the border that separated the Soviet Union and the communist countries of Eastern Europe from the Western European countries as the Iron Curtain. 0
- adjective iron curtain People used to refer to the Soviet Union and its East European allies as the Iron Curtain countries. 0
- noun iron curtain (formerly) the guarded border between the countries of the Soviet bloc and the rest of Europe 0
- noun iron curtain (as modifier) 0
- noun iron curtain a barrier of secrecy and censorship regarded as isolating the Soviet Union and other countries in its sphere 0
- noun iron curtain a similar barrier to information in other regions 0