Definitions for curfew

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curfew cur·few

Spelling: [kur-fyoo]

IPA: /ˈkɜr fyu/

Curfew is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in curfew (cefruw).

Definitions for curfew

noun

1. an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.
2. a regulation requiring a person to be home at a certain prescribed time, as imposed by a parent on a child.
3. the time at which a daily curfew starts.
4. the period during which a curfew is in effect.
5. a signal, usually made with a bell, announcing the start of the time of restrictions under a curfew.
6. a bell for sounding a curfew.
7. (in medieval Europe) the ringing of a bell at a fixed hour in the evening as a signal for covering or extinguishing fires.
8. a metal cover for shielding a banked or unattended fire.

Origin of curfew

1250-1300; Middle English Anglo-French coverfeu, Old French covrefeu literally, (it) covers (the) fire. See cover, focus

Examples for curfew

On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.

The city of Miran Shah, for example, was subjected to a nighttime curfew for years.

They were allowed to be on the streets after the hour of curfew, for one thing.

The next day, until nearly the hour of curfew, nothing was seen of Countess.

Nixon said the curfew is necessary, despite the efforts of some Ferguson residents to prevent looting.

When the curfew of Notre Dame sounded, they retired to their dormitories.

In Shakspeare's works frequent mention is made of the curfew.

A nighttime curfew that was imposed a few weeks ago seems barely enforced now—no doubt to the relief of the women at the Ramada.

And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise.

The bell in this tower was in former days used to ring the curfew.