backdrop (redirected from backdropped)

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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backdrop [ˈbækˌdrɒp]

n

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) another name for backcloth

2. the background to any scene or situation

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back•drop (ˈbækˌdrɒp)

n.

1. the rear curtain of a stage setting.

2. the background of an event; setting.

[1910–15, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

backdrop - 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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backdrop

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