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STAGECRAFT

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stagecraft mean? 

STAGECRAFT (noun)
  The noun STAGECRAFT has 1 sense:

1. skill in writing or staging playsplay

  Familiarity information: STAGECRAFT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGECRAFT (noun)


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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