Complete Definition of "backdrop"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
  2. The setting or background of a historical event.

#: The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames. — New York Times

Translations
trans-top|stage scenery
Icelandic: bakhengi m, baktjald n, bakgrunnur m, baksvið n
Italian: scenario m
trans-mid

trans-bottom

fa:backdrop
it:backdrop
fi:backdrop
vi:backdrop
zh:backdrop

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