curfew
11curfew — cur•few [[t]ˈkɜr fyu[/t]] n. 1) an order establishing a time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, esp. that no unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed 2) a regulation requiring a… …
12curfew — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)fjuː[/t]] curfews N VAR A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war. The village was placed under curfew... In Lucknow crowds of people defied the… …
13curfew — UK [ˈkɜː(r)fjuː] / US [ˈkɜrˌfju] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms curfew : singular curfew plural curfews 1) a) a law that does not allow people to go outside between a particular time in the evening and a particular time in the morning b) …
14curfew — cur·few || kÉœËfjuË n. set time when a person (or people) must be indoors; signal or bell that announces the start of curfew restrictions; decree ordering that after a specific time specific activities outside on the streets are forbidden by… …
15curfew — noun 1 (C) a law forcing everyone to stay indoors from a particular time in the evening until a particular time in the morning: The military regime decided to impose a curfew. 2 (singular, not with the ) the time after which everyone must stay… …
16Curfew — Borough regulations required fires to be covered; for this reason people had to be home and off the street by a certain time to ensure this was done. Houses of wood were highly flammable; fires spread with ease and rapidity. Hence the necessity… …
17curfew — cur|few [ kɜr,fju ] noun count or uncount a law that does not allow people to go outside between a particular time in the evening and a particular time in the morning a. the period of time during which people must not go outside according to a… …
18curfew — [13] Curfew means literally ‘coverfire’. It was introduced into English via Anglo Norman coeverfu from Old French covrefeu, which was formed from covrir ‘cover’ and feu ‘fire’ (feu was a descendant of Latin focus ‘hearth’, which has given English …
19curfew — A law (commonly an ordinance) which imposes on people (particularly children) the obligation to remove themselves from the streets on or before a certain time of night. An institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of… …
20curfew — A law (commonly an ordinance) which imposes on people (particularly children) the obligation to remove themselves from the streets on or before a certain time of night. An institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of… …
