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    THEATER CURTAIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 performanceplay

    Synonyms:

    theater curtain; theatre curtain

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("theater curtain" is a kind of...):

    curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theater curtain"):

    safety curtain (a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire)

    Holonyms ("theater curtain" is a part of...):

    theater stage; theatre stage (a stage in a theater on which actors can perform)

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