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backdrop
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back·drop  (bkdrp)
n.
1. A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set. Also called backcloth.
2. The setting, as of a historical event; the background.
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Noun1.backdropbackdrop - scenery hung at back of stage        
backcloth, background
scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"


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