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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.

backdrop [ˈbækˌdrɒp]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) another name for backcloth
2. the background to any scene or situation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.backdropbackdrop - scenery hung at back of stage        
scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"

backdrop
noun environment, situation, circumstances, background, atmosphere The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.


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But the real magic is in Parsley's sweetly sultry vocals - especially when backdropped by blue notes and noirish horns in ``Lost in a Dream.
Meanwhile, the two young lads in melodrama take time out to light cigarettes beneath the hovering emblems of a staple gun and staple re mover, and the dreamy, windswept chap in hallucination gazes into his viewer's eyes, backdropped by a pair of two-by-fours, each embedded with a screw.
Backdropped by the vibrant fall foliage of the Berkshire mountains, it will feature plenty of pomp and circumstance and heartfelt speeches about Smith's mission as one of the nation's few remaining colleges for women.
 
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