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STAGECRAFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stagecraft mean?
• STAGECRAFT (noun)
The noun STAGECRAFT has 1 sense:
1. skill in writing or staging plays
Familiarity information: STAGECRAFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skill in writing or staging plays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("stagecraft" is a kind of...):
craft; craftsmanship; workmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stagecraft"):
coup de theatre (a sensational bit of stagecraft)
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