backdrop

UK: /ˈbækdrɒp/ US: /ˈbækˌdrɑp/ ,(bak′drop′)

Inflections of 'backdrop' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

backdrops

v 3rd person singular

backdropping

v pres p

backdropped

v past

backdropped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

back•drop /ˈbækˌdrɑp/  n. [countable]

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

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

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

1. Show Business Also called,[esp. Brit.,] back-cloth. [Theat.] the rear curtain of a stage setting.
2. the background of an event;
   setting.
3. 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. 

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

• back¹ + drop 1910–15, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

backdrop / ˈbækˌdrɒp/ noun

1. another name for backcloth
2. the background to any scene or situation