curtain in English: A piece of cloth that hangs across a window or a stage to cover it. (noun)

Translation

A piece of cloth that hangs across a window or a stage to cover it.

Word origin

From Old French cortine, from Late Latin cortina, the word used for the hangings around a bed or an altar.

Gender

Pluralcurtains

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To draw the curtains means to pull them across the window.

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In a theatre, the curtain is the big cloth in front of the stage.

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A shower curtain stops the water from splashing onto the floor.

window

A hole in a wall, filled with glass, that lets in light and that you can see through.

shower

A wash you take standing under falling water, or the thing on the wall that sends the water down.

open

To move something so that it is no longer shut.

close

To move something so it is shut and not open.

cover

To put something over a thing to hide it or keep it safe.

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