Usually means: Setting or background for action.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word BACKDROP:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. backdrop: Merriam-Webster
  2. backdrop, backdrop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backdrop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backdrop: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backdrop: Vocabulary.com
  6. Backdrop, backdrop: Wordnik
  7. backdrop: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. backdrop: Wiktionary
  9. backdrop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. backdrop: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. backdrop: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. backdrop: Dictionary.com
  13. Backdrop (theater), Backdrop (wrestling), Backdrop: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. backdrop: Rhymezone
  15. backdrop: FreeDictionary.org
  16. backdrop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. backdrop: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. backdrop: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  19. backdrop: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backdrop: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backdrop: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Backdrop: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (backdrop)

▸ noun:  A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
▸ noun:  An image that serves as a visual background.
▸ noun:  The setting or background of an acted performance.
▸ noun:  (figurative) Any background situation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

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backcloth, background, back-cloth, skycloth, back, backplate, curtain, stabilizer, tapet, dossière, more...

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foreground

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against this backdrop, theatre backdrop, against the backdrop, lake titicaca backdrop, aladdin backdrop, more...

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Similar:
backcloth, background, back-cloth, skycloth, back, backplate, curtain, stabilizer, tapet, dossière, more...

Opposite:
foreground

Types:
white, red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, brown, gray, pink, more...

Phrases:
against this backdrop, theatre backdrop, against the backdrop, lake titicaca backdrop, aladdin backdrop, dystopian backdrop, stage backdrop, set against the backdrop, backdrop background framing, more...

Adjectives:
historical, perfect, dramatic, black, important, political, dark, scenic, blue, cultural, white

Colors:
    black,     white,     gray,     charcoal,     beige, more...



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