Rhymes with certain
cer·tain
C c Two-syllable rhymes
Three-syllable rhymes
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- bamboo curtain — (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China
- 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.
Four-or-more syllable rhymes
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.