Drop Curtain

Definition: Drop Curtain

1. A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage.

Synonyms: drop (n), drop cloth (n). (additional references)

English words defined with "drop curtain": Drop scene. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Lubin's Animated Drop Curtain Announcing Slides (1901)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Detroit, Mich., Lyceum Theatre, Thompson drop curtain. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Language		Translations for "drop curtain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		спускаща се завеса. (various references)

Czech		meziaktová opona. (various references)

French		baisser le rideau. (various references)

Greek		αυλαία (curtain). (various references)

Hungarian		felvonásvégi függöny (drop), függöny (arras, blind, curtain, drapes, hangings, veil). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		緞帳 (thick curtain), 下�'幕 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さ�'まく, ど�"ちょう (thick curtain). (various references)

Manx		curtan toshee. (various references)

Pig Latin		opdray urtaincay

Romanian		cortinã de antract (drop scene). (various references)

Russian		падающий занавес (drop, drop scene). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zavesa (curtain, drape, pelmet, riddel, valance). (various references)

Swedish		ridå (curtain, drop scene, screen). (various references)

Turkish		asma sahne perdesi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: incorrupt.
	-3 letters: carrotin, duration, inductor, raindrop, tornadic.
	-4 letters: airdrop, airport, apricot, aprotic, atropin, auction, auditor, candour, cantrip, caption, carotid, carotin, carport, carrion, caution, conduit, corrida, corrupt, courant, curator, currant, curtain, daturic, diatron, iracund, noctuid, opuntia, paction, padroni, pandour, parodic, parotic, parotid, picador, pintado, poniard, product, puranic, puritan, rainout, rancour, ripcord, rotunda, ruction, tricorn.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-n-o-p-r-r-t-u"
	+3 letters: unincorporated.
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