backdrop

back·drop

B0011400 (băk′drŏp′)n.1. Something used as a background, especially:a. A painted cloth hung at the back of a stage set.b. A taut cloth suspended in a frame and used as a background against which to take a photograph.c. An image, often painted or digitally created, used in cinematography as the background of a scene.2. The setting, as of a historical event; the background.

backdrop

(ˈbækˌdrɒp) n1. (Theatre) another name for backcloth2. the background to any scene or situation

back•drop

(ˈbækˌdrɒp)

n. 1. the rear curtain of a stage setting. 2. the background of an event; setting. [1910–15, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

backdrop - scenery hung at back of stage backcloth, backgroundscenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"

backdrop

noun environment, situation, circumstances, background, atmosphere The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.

Translations

Prospektσκηνικόscenario