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Backcloth

Definition: Backcloth

Backcloth

Noun

1. Scenery hung at back of stage.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Backcloth

Synonyms: backdrop (n), background (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Backcloth

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Backcloth

"Backcloth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Backcloth" is used about 73 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7339,105

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Backcloth

Expression using "backcloth": wing and backcloth setting. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Backcloth

Language Translations for "backcloth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

prospekt (handout, leaflet, prospectus), horizont (horizon, sea-line, skyline). (various references)

   

French

  

plantation à l'italienne (wing and backcloth setting). (various references)

   

German

  

kulisse (backdrop, background, flat, mise en scene, scene, scenery, unofficial market, wing), hintergrund (back, backdrop, background, foil, frame, ground). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfondo (back, background, ground, setting), fondale (backdrop, depth). (various references)

   

Manx

  

brat-chooyl. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackclothbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

fundo de cenário. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bakgrund (backdrop, background, setting). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zemin (backdrop, background, bed, floor, ground, ground-, groundwork, level, stage), uygun ortam (backdrop), sahne arka perdesi (backdrop). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Backcloth

Derivations

Words beginning with "backcloth": backcloths. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Backcloth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barkcloth, blackcloth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Backcloth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-h-k-l-o-t"

-3 letters: blotch, chalot, cobalt, klatch.

-4 letters: acock, altho, batch, black, bloat, block, botch, catch, chalk, chock, clach, clack, cloak, clock, cloth, coach, coact, latch, loach, loath, lotah, octal, thack.

-5 letters: alto, bach, back, baht, balk, bath, blah, blat, bloc, blot, boat, bock, bola, bolt, bota, both, calk, calo, chao, chat, clot, coal, coat, coca.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-c-h-k-l-o-t"
 

+1 letter: backcloths.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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