Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
current yield
currently
curricle
curriculum
curriculum vitae
Currie Cup
currier
currish
curry (1)
curry (2)
curry powder
currycomb
curse
cursed
cursive
cursor
cursorial
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

curtain raiser

cur·tain rais·er (plural cur·tain rais·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. preliminary performance: a short performance put on immediately before the main performance

2. preliminary event: a smaller or less important event that takes place before the main event

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft