query | In a theatre, the c______ is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins .In a theatre, the curtain is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins . The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude. |
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word | curtain |
full-definition | noun Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window. Her bedroom curtains were drawn. Curtains are pieces of very thin material which you hang in front of windows in order to prevent people from seeing in. In a theatre, the curtain is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins . The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude. You can refer to something as a curtain when it is thick and difficult to see through or get past . ...a curtain of cigarette smoke. Something dark disappeared behind the curtain of leaves. |
inflections | curtains |
cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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