Backdrop

Definition: Backdrop

Backdrop

Noun

1. Scenery hung at back of stage.

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

Synonyms: Backdrop

Crosswords: Backdrop

Backdrop (1990)

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Books

• A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan (reference)

• Backdrop For Joy (reference)

• Backdrop of stars (reference)

• The Backdrop of Success: Creating the New Fabric (reference)

• Understanding Reception: A Backdrop to Its Ecumenical Use (Marquette Studies in Theology, #1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Backdrop [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a ... Credit: NASA.

Glove for scale on sea ice. Coulman Island is the backdrop. 73 28 S Latitude 169 45 E Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Dixon Bay, oiled vegetation against backdrop of boomed marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Irrigated field sits against a backdrop of encroaching subdivisions. Yuma, Az. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

A great view of cacti and with a wonderful mountain backdrop. Credit: Lynn Chamberlain.

The spires in Hell Hole make an eerie backdrop for a burst of fall autumn gold. Credit: Christine Maxa.

Acrylic painting of a pair of king eiders set against a backdrop of subarctic tundra by Nancy Howe, Rte. 1, Box 402, East Dorset, Vermont 05253. Ms. Howe is the first woman to design a Federal Duck stamp. She has an A.B. in art from Vermont's Middlebury College and has been painting since childhood. Married with two young sons, she accompanies her husband waterfowl hunting, and has helped him train a retriever. An active member of Ducks Unlimited, Howe has exhibited her work with that organization as well as in numerous other art shows. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Caption: Miller Reese Hutchison {And Family?} Posing Before Painted Backdrop of Venice; Unknown Date; {10.138/14} (jpg).

Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara, Commander, 4th Fleet, signs the document, at ceremonies on board USS Portland (CA-33) surrendering the base at Truk, Caroline Islands, 2 September 1945. U.S. Navy officers present around the table are (left to right): Lieutenant S.E. Thompson, USNR, Flag Lieutenant; Captain O.F. Naquin, USN, Acting Chief of Staff; Vice Admiral George D. Murray, USN, Commander, Marianas, (seated), who accepted the surrender on behalf of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas; Captain D.N. Cone, USN, representing Commander, Marshalls and Gilberts; Captain L.A. Thackrey, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Portland; Lieutenant L.L. Thompson, USN, Flag Secretary, and Lieutenant A.M. Soden, USNR, interpreter. Note Marine Corps photographer in right center background, and U.S. flag used as a backdrop. Credit: NAVY.

Roman Catholic church services on the ship's after deck, while she was at Algiers, Algeria, circa 1944. Note the use of the U.S. Ensign and signal flags as a backdrop, and the cruiser's aircraft catapults flanking the ceremonies. Credit: NAVY.

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Economic History

Greece

The abundance of historic sites act as a wonderful backdrop for the tourist who may not be visiting the sites themselves as a top priority. (references)

Ireland

Against this backdrop, the Irish government is moving ahead with significant privatization plans, particularly in the communications, energy and transport sectors. (references)

China

The death of Hu Yaobang on April 15, 1989, coupled with growing economic hardship caused by high inflation, provided the backdrop for a largescale protest movement by students, intellectuals, and other parts of a disaffected urban population. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Human rights groups have alleged a pattern of mistreatment and arbitrary arrests occurring against a backdrop of systematic discrimination. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Beginning with "backdrop": backdrop-like.

Albanian

sfond (back, background, counterpoint, ground, groundwork, setting). (various references)

Chinese 

背景 (background). (various references)

Czech

pozadí (background, ground, rear), divadelní prospekt. (various references)

Farsi 

پرده ء پشت صحنه ء تاتر. (various references)

German

im Hintergrund. (various references)

Greek 

φόντο (background). (various references)

Hungarian

háttérfüggöny (drop scene). (various references)

Indonesian

latar belakang (background). (various references)

Italian

fondale (backcloth, depth). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

書き割り (background, setting). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かきわり (background, setting). (various references)

Korean 

배경막. (various references)

Pig Latin

ackdropbay.(various references)

Portuguese

pano de fundo, cortina de fundo. (various references)

Russian 

задник (back-cloth, quarter). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pozadina (back, background, posteriority, rear, rear area), kulisa (coulisse, drop scene, scene, scene dock). (various references)

Spanish

telon, telón de foro (back-cloth), fondo (back, background, bottom, deep, depth, floor, fund, ground, long distance, rock bottom, seat, term). (various references)

Swedish

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

Turkish

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

Ukrainian

задник (back-cloth, backing). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "backdrop": backdropped, backdropping, backdrops, backdropt. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Backdrop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: backrow, Bashkirov. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: board, broad, brock, carbo, carob, cobra, copra, croak, dobra.

-4 letters: apod, arco, back, bard, bark, boar, bock, bora, brad, capo, carb, card, cark, carp, coda, cord, cork, crab, crap, crop, darb, dark, dock, dopa, dork, dorp, drab, drop, kbar, okra, orad, orca, pack, pard, park, pock, pork, prao, proa, prod, rack, road.

+1 letter: backdrops, backdropt, packboard.

+2 letters: packboards.

+3 letters: backdropped.

+4 letters: backdropping.