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Definition of the Iron Curtain noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the Iron Curtain

noun
 
/ði ˌaɪən ˈkɜːtn/
 
/ði ˌaɪərn ˈkɜːrtn/
[singular]
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  1. the name that people used for the border that used to exist between Western Europe and the communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe
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