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11curtain speech — n. a speech delivered from in front of the curtain at the end of a theatrical performance …
12front cloth — front cloth, a painted stage curtain in front of which a scene is played: »Its gold front cloth showing a riverboat…then lifts to reveal a plushy red and gold setting for the minstrel show itself (Clive Barnes) …
13curtain call — n the time at the end of a performance when the actors come to the front of the stage to receive ↑applause …
14curtain call — curtain ,call noun count the time just after a play or show when the performers come to the front of the stage and the audience APPLAUDS …
15Curtain wall — For defensive curtain walls in medieval buildings, see Curtain wall (fortification). Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural, but merely keep out the… …
16curtain — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ curtains 1) N COUNT Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window. [mainly BRIT] Her bedroom curtains were drawn. (in AM, usually use drapes) 2) N COUNT Curtains are pieces of very thin… …
17Curtain — For other uses, see Curtain (disambiguation). For religious use, see Veil. Curtains at a Bed Breakfast. A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or… …
18curtain — cur|tain1 W3S2 [ˈkə:tn US ˈkə:rtn] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: curtine, from Late Latin cortina, from Latin cohors enclosure, court ; COHORT] 1.) a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, divide a room… …
19curtain call — noun an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑bow • Hypernyms: ↑thanks * * * noun, pl ⋯ calls [count] : the time when a performer returns to the …
20curtain — noun 1》 a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways and found as one of a pair at a window. ↘(the curtain) a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a… …
