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Meanings of theatre curtain in English

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A hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance.

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Examples for "theater curtain"
Examples for "theater curtain"
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There was nothing else in the room but a closed theater curtain along one wall.
Samurai
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The clouds parted like a theater curtain, to where a lemon sun poured warmth and light from a salmon-colored sky.
The Great Book of Amber
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A 19-by-20-foot theater curtain "Le Tricorne" painted by Pablo Picasso hangs at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City, April 1, 2014.
Reuters
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There is no hurry about the article on theater curtains.
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 / from Paris to Rome: Years o...
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The wind combed through the trees around the dilapidated little house, and the rain came and went like the drawing and undrawing of theater curtains.
Boneshaker
Usage of theatre curtain in English
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Like a theatre curtain being slowly raised, the mist lifted from the surface of the water.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" / From the Diary of Number Five of ...
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The bed's drapes are already tied back, like theatre curtains.
The crimson petal and the white
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A series of theatre curtains create stages within stages, and mimic the permanently raised eyebrows of her ironic prose.
The Guardian
Translations for theatre curtain
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