backcloth
noun/ˈbækklɒθ/
/ˈbækklɔːθ/
(British English) (also backdrop British and North American English)
- a painted piece of cloth that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the sceneryTopics Film and theatrec1
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- everything that can be seen around an event or scene
- the general conditions in which an event takes place, which sometimes help to explain that event
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