Curtain and Iron curtain

Curtain noun - Something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth.

Iron curtain and curtain are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Iron curtain" with "Curtain", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: curtained, curtaining

Iron curtain noun - An impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries.

Curtain and iron curtain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curtain" instead a noun phrase "Iron curtain".