Associations to the word «Backdrop»

Wiktionary

BACKDROP, noun. A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
BACKDROP, noun. The setting or background of a historical event.
BACKDROP, verb. (transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.

Dictionary definition

BACKDROP, noun. Scenery hung at back of stage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats