Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set. Also called backcloth.
- n. The setting, as of a historical event; the background.
Wiktionary
- n. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
- n. The setting or background of a historical event.
- v. transitive To serve as a backdrop for.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain
backcloth . - n. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event.
WordNet 3.0
- n. scenery hung at back of stage
Examples
“The satin backdrop is removed and suddenly two backing boys are standing with handheld percussion, looking strangely delicate and shy in the world she has created.”
“A Hammerson spokeswoman says the company's main focus for 2012—against what she calls a "backdrop of low growth"—will be "working with customers and using our skills to grow income and improve the value of assets within the portfolio.”
“Against this backdrop is a noir-style murder mystery in which a rogue cop investigates the killing of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy who might be the messiah.”
“Here your backdrop is an ultimately idyllic secondary world reconstructed from our myth, folklore and fable (childhood and the past idealised).”
“Anyway, the unlikely pair, backed by an impressive mix of musicians and a white curtain backdrop playing trippy hippy images, rocked the crowd performing tunes off their well-received self-titled debut album including breakout hit "The High Road.”
The Huffington Post: Jon Chattman: Broken Bells Take High Road and Rock NYC
“The terror backdrop is supporting Treasurys," said Tom di Galoma, head of U.S. rates trading at Guggenheim Partners in New York.”
The Wall Street Journal: Treasurys Gain; 2-Year Yield Hits Record Low
“And I agree with yout — too bad its backdrop is such a hideous looking venue.”
Nike’s ‘Ballman’ World Cup Sculpture | We Heart: Essential Lifestyle Guide
“It's not oversized and, obviously, the backdrop is beautiful beyond the river.”
“This geologic backdrop is what gives the Costa Smeralda such dramatic beauty, and it is this beauty that has attracted Italian high society and international glitterati for decades.”
“While the story line focuses on non-stop action, the desolate frozen backdrop is in some ways the prime character as even in near extinction some in power will make a grab for more control while others prefer to simply save the world.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘backdrop’.
-
back phrases/hyphens/compounds
backache to backyard
back-ache, back-aching, back-acter, back-acting, back-answer, back-bar, back-basket, back beat, back-bias, back-blast, back-blowing, back-boiler and 342 more...
-
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
-
newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
-
deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
-
bobodod's Words
cultie, screwery, gauge, wanker, truthiness, harangue, mediocre, ragamuffin, elysian, spoonerism, loquacious, apostle and 240 more...
-
Front and Back
backchat, backbone, backpack, backhoe, backfire, backhanded, breakfront, beachfront, drawback, effrontery, frontier, switchback and 196 more...
-
spondee!
rat-trap, sad-sack, dingbat, flapjack, mad max, ho hum, dilly-dally, flim flam, hugger-mugger, nitty-gritty, humdrum, pish posh and 10 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for backdrop.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.