'backdrop' definitions:
Definition of 'backdrop'
From: WordNet
noun
Scenery hung at back of stage [syn: backdrop, background, backcloth]
Definition of 'backdrop'
From: GCIDE
- backdrop \back"drop\ n.
- 1. the scenery hung at back of stage. Also called in Britain backcloth.
- Syn: background, backcloth [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the background, setting, or circumstances of an event; as, the backdrop for the summit meeting. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'backdrop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act drop,
- arena,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- back,
- background,
- batten,
- border,
- cloth,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- distance,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- field,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- ground,
- hanging,
- hinterland,
- locale,
- mise-en-scene,
- rag,
- rear,
- scene,
- scenery,
- screen,
- setting,
- side scene,
- stage,
- stage screw,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- theater,
- tormentor,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut