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STAGE SET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stage set mean?
• STAGE SET (noun)
The noun STAGE SET has 1 sense:
1. representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
Familiarity information: STAGE SET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
set; stage set
Context example:
the sets were meticulously authentic
Hypernyms ("stage set" is a kind of...):
representation (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Meronyms (parts of "stage set"):
set decoration (a decoration used as part of the set of a theatrical or movie production)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stage set"):
scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)
Holonyms ("stage set" is a part of...):
mise en scene; setting; stage setting (arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted)
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