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US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bak′klôth′, -kloth′)

back-cloth (bak′klôth′, -kloth′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cloths (-klôᵺz′, -kloᵺz′, -klôths′, -kloths′).USA pronunciation [Chiefly Brit. Theat.]

backdrop (def. 1).

1870–75

back•drop /ˈbækˌdrɑp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Show Businessthe rear curtain of a stage setting.
[usually singular] the setting of an event:Paris is the backdrop for this movie.

back•drop (bak′drop′),USA pronunciation n., v., -dropped or -dropt, -drop•ping.
n.

Show BusinessAlso called,[esp. Brit.,] back-cloth. [Theat.]the rear curtain of a stage setting.
the background of an event;
setting.
Sport[Gymnastics.]a maneuver in which a trampolinist jumps in the air, lands on the back with the arms and legs pointed upward, and then springs up to a standing position.

v.t.

to provide a setting or background for:A vast mountain range backdrops the broad expanse of lake.

back¹ + drop 1910–15, American.

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