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BACKCLOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does backcloth mean?
• BACKCLOTH (noun)
The noun BACKCLOTH has 1 sense:
1. scenery hung at back of stage
Familiarity information: BACKCLOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scenery hung at back of stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
backcloth; backdrop; background
Hypernyms ("backcloth" is a kind of...):
scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)
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