Curfew | Mean of curfew in English Dictionary

/ˈkɚfju/

• Noun
• an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night
1. The teens were stopped by police for violating the curfew.
2. The city ordered/imposed a curfew soon after the rioting started.
3. The town was placed under curfew.
• the period of time when such an order or law is in effect
1. No one is allowed on the streets during the curfew.
• the time set by a parent at which a child has to be back home after going out
1. He has a 10 o'clock curfew.