curtain raiser
curtain raiser
Definition
curtain raiser
noun
- a short play or skit presented before a longer production
- any brief preliminary event, entertainment, etc.
curtain raiser
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- play: A win and a draw before returning home at the end of July to play a curtain raiser at Anfield against Lazio.
- provide: This should provide an excellent curtain raiser for the Conference League match which follows.
Adjective modifier
- traditional: On Saturday 2nd September, the season starts with the traditional curtain raiser of the London Double Header at Twickenham.
Noun used with modifier
- pre-season: Derby County are to play one of the top teams in Europe for the pre-season curtain raiser for the 2003-2004 season.
Browse dictionary entries near curtain raiser
- curtain lecture
- curtain call
- curtain
- curtailment
- curtail
- curt
- cursory
- cursorial
- cursor
- cursive
- curtain speech
- curtain wall
- curtal
- curtal ax
- curtate
- curtesy
- curtilage
- Curtis
- Curtis, Cyrus H.K.
- Curtiss
