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Words related to curtain
cur·tain
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a male given name. -
act curtain
Theater. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes. -
curtain shutter
a focal-plane shutter consisting of a curtain on two rollers, moved at a constant speed past the lens opening so as to expose the film to one of several slots in the curtain, the width of which determines the length of exposure. -
sparver
a tentlike bed curtain or canopy. -
tableau curtain
a curtain, often used as an act curtain, designed to be drawn aside and up to give a festooned or draped effect. -
bamboo curtain
(esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China