BACKDROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backdrop mean? 

• BACKDROP (noun)
  The noun BACKDROP has 1 sense:

1. scenery hung at back of stage

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKDROP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scenery hung at back of stage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

backcloth; backdrop; background

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

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

 Context examples 

Against this backdrop, the ECsens research group at the University of Granada (UGR) is working on the development of cotton thread-based colorimetric microfluidic devices.

(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)

Against a bright backdrop, such as this disk, a black hole appears to cast a shadow.

(Black Hole Image Makes History, NASA)

The EHT image, by contrast, relied on light in radio wavelengths and showed the black hole's shadow against the backdrop of high-energy material around it.

(The Giant Galaxy Around the Giant Black Hole, NASA)