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BACKCLOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backcloth mean? 

BACKCLOTH (noun)
  The noun BACKCLOTH has 1 sense:

1. scenery hung at back of stageplay

  Familiarity information: BACKCLOTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKCLOTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Scenery hung at back of stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backcloth; backdrop; background

Hypernyms ("backcloth" is a kind of...):

scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)


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