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English

Noun

  1. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
  2. The setting or background of a historical event.
  3. : The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames. — 1


Translations

et:backdrop fa:backdrop it:backdrop fi:backdrop vi:backdrop zh:backdrop

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English backdrop \back"drop\ n.
1. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain
backcloth.

Syn: background, backcloth
[WordNet 1.5]

2. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as,
the backdrop for the summit meeting.
[PJC]
WordNet backdrop
n : scenery hung at back of stage [syn: background, backcloth]
Moby Dictionary
act drop , arena , asbestos , asbestos board , back , background ,
batten , border , cloth , coulisse , counterweight , curtain ,
curtain board , cyclorama , decor , distance , drop , drop curtain ,
field , fire curtain , flat , flipper , ground , hanging , hinterland ,
locale , mise-en-scene , rag , rear , scene , scenery , screen , setting ,
side scene , stage , stage screw , stage set , stage setting , tab ,
tableau , teaser , theater , tormentor , transformation ,
transformation scene , wing , wingcut , woodcut


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