idiom
Iron Curtain
EY-ern KER-ten
/ˈaɪərn ˈkɜːrtən/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
ironcurtain
Dictionary meaning
The division between Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe and the democratic West during the Cold War
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