Definition of Backdrop
Backdrop
back·drop


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
A background or setting for a scene, event, or display.

e.g. The photographer carefully arranged the flowers as a backdrop for the wedding portrait.

(noun)
the background or setting (in place and/or time) for a scene, situation, or event;

e.g. The meeting happened against the backdrop of a famous social movement.

(verb)
to serve as the background for something due to lying beyond or behind it;

e.g. Views of the ocean backdrop every meal we eat at the hotel restaurant.



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