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PORTIERE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does portiere mean?
• PORTIERE (noun)
The noun PORTIERE has 1 sense:
1. a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
Familiarity information: PORTIERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A heavy curtain hung across a doorway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("portiere" is a kind of...):
curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall (hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window))
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