iron curtain

See also: Iron Curtain

English

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Noun

iron curtain (plural iron curtains)

1. A barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication.
2. (idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier.
   • 1982, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions‎‎^[1], →ISBN, page 450:

     The coup d'etat also constituted an iron curtain for the social scientists.

Related terms

• Iron Curtain

Translations

barrier in theatre

• Portuguese: cortina de ferro f
• Scottish Gaelic: cùirtear iarainn m
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• Tagalog: kurtinang pangyero

impenetrable barrier

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵幕／铁幕 (zh) (tiěmù), 铁幕 (zh) (tiěmù)

• French: rideau de fer (fr) m
• German: eiserner Vorhang m
• Italian: cortina di ferro (it)
• Japanese: 鉄のカーテン (tetsu no kāten)
• Korean: 장벽 (ko) (障壁, jangbyeok)
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• Portuguese: cortina de ferro f
• Romanian: cortină de fier f
• Russian: желе́зный за́навес (ru) m (želéznyj zánaves)
• Scottish Gaelic: cùirtear iarainn m
• Swedish: järnridå (sv) c
• Uyghur: تۆمۈر پەردە (tömür perde)