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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

back•drop (ˈbækˌdrɒp)

n.
1. the rear curtain of a stage setting.
2. the background of an event; setting.
[1910–15, Amer.]
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.backdrop - scenery hung at back of stagebackdrop - 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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I could make out the low, waving brown tulle line and cattails, plus the diamond sparkle of water, all backdropped by the Protrero Hills.
The Pavilion End scoreboard, in a flash of valedictory humour from its operators, bade farewell, the crowd filed away and the pavilion had backdropped its final county match.
The Pavilion End scoreboard, in a flash of valedictory humour from its operators, bade farewell, the crowd filed away and the pavilion had backdropped its final county match.
 
 
 
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