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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

precurtain en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + curtain.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.
    • The cast gathered on the back porch for Ms. Barre’s precurtain notes: Think about your first line. 2007 July 21, Campbell Robertson, “Well West of Broadway, the Stage Is Their World”, in New York Times:
  2. (not-comparable) Before the curtain falls at the end of a play.