Backdrop
Backdrop noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Usage example: visitors dine at the restaurant with a dramatic stretch of the Pacific Ocean as a jaw-dropping backdrop
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Synonyms for Backdrop
Ground and backdrop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ground" instead a noun "Backdrop".
Nearby Word: background
Ground
Ground noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.
Usage example: take her picture against a blue ground in order to bring out her blue eyes
Backdrop and ground are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backdrop" instead a noun "Ground".
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Both words in one sentence
- There's an epic Space Opera backdrop, but the story takes place among the little people at ground level, for whom their own high command also seem distant and incomprehensible.
Source: Creator / John Steakley -
Meaningful Name: "Doma" can mean "in the ground." So, Umaru's name means "buried in the ground," "Komaru" means "trapped in the ground," and Taihei, "rest in peace." Mundane Made Awesome: Sylphin appears with some flowers as a backdrop during episode 4.
Source: Manga / Himouto! Umaru-chan - A Valley Without Wind features player-placed wooden platforms that are critical for navigating dungeons, but must have a backdrop to adhere to - trying to place them on empty air results in them dropping to the ground.
Source: Floating Platforms
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