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Backdrop Provide Noun Large Piece Cloth Scenery Painted

word backdrop
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noun
A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
The backdrop to an object or a scene is what you see behind it.
Leeds Castle will provide a dramatic backdrop to a fireworks display next Saturday.
Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror.
The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens .
The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.
inflections backdrops
cefr-level C1

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