Backcloth
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noun.
the
painted
scenery
at the back of a
stage
; the
backdrop
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noun.
scenery hung at back of stage
Word Usage
"It was here we found the seaducks that looked so much part of the wildness of the sea, with the snow-capped hills as a backcloth."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
scene
scenery
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
absentmindedness
discursiveness
drop cloth
duffle
fictionalization