shower curtain
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- noun
- /ˈʃaʊər ˈkɜːrtən/
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cortina de ducha
- Most of my regrets have to do with water, light filtered through the shower curtain, and your skin like yellowed paper.
- shower curtain rod
- plastic shower curtain
- mildew on a shower curtain
You've never seen like a pink residue on a shower curtain.
- You've never seen like a pink residue on a shower curtain.
- I have the shower rings for the shower curtain, a bunch of like rags, more rags.
Examples
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That's a nice array of shower curtains there, huh?
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We've got this pink candle, pink hand soap in this textured fog glass, and then this shower curtain is so cool.
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So imagine you have somebody out here behind a shower curtain and you want to take a photo.
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You pack your shower curtain when you travel?
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And, you know, you can hang a shower curtain in the bath.
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I admire the new shower curtain my wife has hung.
Fiction book (2002) -
Don't forget to check behind the shower curtain.
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George pulls back the shower curtains just enough to see Kurt standing by in his police uniform.
Fiction book (2001) -
I've been meaning to sew a fabric shower curtain one of these days.
Blog text (24) -
The water splashed against the shower curtain, keeping the bathroom dry.
Synonyms
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A piece of hanging cloth used to cover a window
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'shower' (washing under a spray / bathroom fixture) with 'curtain' (a hanging cloth used to cover or divide), i.e. a curtain used in a shower to keep water from splashing out. This simple noun+noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The name shower curtain comes from a simple picture: a curtain hung around a shower to stop water from splashing onto the floor. That's why it means 'a waterproof curtain used to keep water inside the shower or bathtub'.