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cortina::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | partial veil |
Examples of cortina
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Cortina, formerly considered part of Cadore, has ever since developed a distinct identity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Cortina always says to run deficits in harmony with the desire of the private sector to save.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cortina can you substantiate any of this fantasy, if you do believe it but certainly 30 cifers do?
From the guardian.co.uk
Cortina compare bond yields globally and you will find Moody's et al just follow the arithmetic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cortina is a beautiful place in the Italian Dolomites.
From the denverpost.com
Cortina, a 100-foot yacht moored outside the restaurant, may have saved it from more damage, Lomnicki said.
From the timesunion.com
Two parallel walls, the so-called cortina walls run down from the palace to the River Danube across the steep hillside.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Cortina is considered the most prestigious downhill on the women's circuit and Vonn also won the race two years ago.
From the denverpost.com
Cortina was a small village, and its infrastructure would be overwhelmed by the crowds expected for the Games.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
- A cortina (curtain) is a short piece (20u201360 seconds) of music that is played between tandas at a milonga (tango dance event). The cortina lets the dancers know that the tanda has ended. The partners can then thank each other and return to their own tables, to find a new dance partner at the next tanda. Cortinas are used at many of the milongas in Argentina and Uruguay and increasingly elsewhere.
- (The Cortinas) The Cortinas were a 1960s British musical group with Paul and Nigel Griggs, Rick Williams and Gary Whinyates. They released one single on Polydor Records called "Phoebe's Flower Shop" in 1968. They had various changes of members and later changed their name to "Octopus". ...
- (The Cortinas (punk band)) The Cortinas were a short-lived 1970s Bristol-based punk rock band. Guitarist Nick Sheppard went on to play with The Clash. ...
- A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom
- In agarics, a cobweb-like partial veil as found in Cortinarius.
- Curtain: A brief musical interlude between tandas at a milonga.
- A special type of annulus that is filamentous, resembling a spider web, attached from the margin of the cap (pileus) to the stem (stipe) when young. In age only a few fibers may remain on the cap margin or the stipe.
- Curtain: there is a specific mention in the 1772 inventory of San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Texas, of "dos cortinas grandes moxadas" with which the altars are covered "en el tiempo Santo."
