closing curtain
- noun
:
telón de cierre
- When the lights dimmed and the closing curtain fell, the audience knew the show had come to an end.
Examples
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To just be in it till the closing curtain every night.
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The audience erupted in applause as the actors took their final bow at the closing curtain.
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At the closing curtain, the cast thanked everyone for their support throughout the performance.
Synonyms
305
2.3
The last part when something ends, for example a meeting
273
1.6
The end of an event, period, or activity
180
3.6
The last, most exciting part of a show or event
3
4.6
The end of a performance, especially a play or show
3
9.9
A word used to show the formal end of a book, film or performance
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6.0
A moment when a play or show ends and the curtain comes down
Antonyms
How Final
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'closing' (final/concluding) modifies 'curtain' (the stage cloth), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the curtain at the end of a performance and thus the final part. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common concept (stage curtain marking the end), so the meaning is immediately derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Closing curtain comes from the theatre: at the end of a show the heavy curtain is pulled shut to signal the end of the performance. So, 'closing curtain' means the final part of a performance or the moment it ends.