precurtain

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adjective

Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.

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Meanings

adjectiveprecurtain (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore 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 comparableBefore the curtain falls at the end of a play.

Origin

From pre- + curtain.

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APA

precurtain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precurtain

MLA

“precurtain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precurtain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precurtain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precurtain.

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