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Backdrop   Listen
noun
backdrop  n.  
1.
The scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain backcloth.
Synonyms: background, backcloth
2.
The background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as, the backdrop for the summit meeting.





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"Backdrop" Quotes from Famous Books



... the camp of the horsemen, whose hide tents served as a backdrop for the fair long-haired giants and the tall women hovering about to view the captive. The circle about him then broke, and men stood aside for a newcomer. Ross had believed that his original captors were physically imposing, but this one was their master. Lying on the ground ...
— The Time Traders • Andre Norton


Words linked to "Backdrop" :   background, scenery, scene


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