curtain [kur-tn]
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curtain [kur-tn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: window covering
Synonyms: Venetian blind, blind, decoration, drape, drapery, film, hanging, jalousie, oleo, portiere, rag, roller, screen, shade, shield, shroud, shutter, valance, veil
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: part of a performance
Synonyms: bit*, curtain, epilogue, gag, introduction, number, piece, prologue, routine, scene, schtick, show, sketch, spot, turn
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Main Entry: barrier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction
Synonyms: bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall
Antonyms: opening
Main Entry: blind
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: screen, covering
Synonyms: blinder, blindfold, blinker, camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, facade, front, mask, trap, veil
Main Entry: calamity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disaster; tragedy
Synonyms: adversity, affliction, blue ruin, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, holy mess, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, the worst, trial, tribulation, unholy mess, visitation, waterloo, woe, wreck, wretchedness
Antonyms: advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit
Main Entry: cataclysm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disaster
Synonyms: calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe
Antonyms: boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder
Main Entry: catastrophe
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: calamity; unhappy conclusion
Synonyms: accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder
Main Entry: cloak
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disguise
Synonyms: blanket, camouflage, coat, conceal, cover, curtain, dissemble, dissimulate, dress up, hide, mask, obscure, pretext, screen, shroud, veil
Antonyms: reveal, uncloak, uncover
Main Entry: completion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accomplishment, finishing
Synonyms: achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains, dispatch, end, expiration, finalization, finis, finish, fruition, fulfillment, hips, integration, perfection, realization, swan song, windup, wrap-up
Antonyms: anticlimax, imperfection
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