curtain
Noun
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Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) (synset 103155743)
is a type of:
- blind, screen - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
subtypes:- drop, drop cloth, drop curtain - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
- festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves
- frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar
- portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
- shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area
- theater curtain, theatre curtain - 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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Any barrier to communication or vision (synset 109285139)
"a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"is a type of: barrier - anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
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