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Curtain Raiser

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Noun

1. curtain raiser

any preliminary activity

2. curtain raiser

a short play presented before the main play

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curtain Raiser

see synonyms of curtain raiser
noun
1. theatre
a short dramatic piece presented before the main play
2. 
any preliminary event
Our game is just a curtain raiser. The first teams play at three o'clock.
The three-race series will be a curtain raiser to the Monaco Grand Prix in May.
The President's address tonight from the Oval Office is a curtain raiser for the economic policy message set for delivery to Congress on Wednesday.
noun
1. theatre
a short dramatic piece presented before the main play
2. 
any preliminary event
the debate was a curtain-raiser to the election

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Curtain Raiser

see synonyms of curtain raiser
1. 
a short play or skit presented before a longer production
2. 
any brief preliminary event, entertainment, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Curtain Raiser

see synonyms of curtain raiser
n.
1. A short play or skit presented before the principal dramatic production.
2. A preliminary event.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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