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backcloth

backcloth noun: the painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

Noun

backcloth (plural backcloths)

  1. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
    • Every day the coast looked the same, as though we had not moved; but we passed various places - trading places - with names like Gran’ Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some sordid farce acted in front of a sinister backcloth.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 203

backcloth meaning in Tamil

backcloth in Tamil

நாடகமேடைப் பின்புற ஒவியத்திரை

Forms of backcloth

pluralbackcloths

Origin of backcloth

From back + cloth.

Questions about backcloth

What does backcloth mean?
Backcloth means the painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
What is backcloth in Tamil?
Backcloth in Tamil is நாடகமேடைப் பின்புற ஒவியத்திரை. See Backcloth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is backcloth?
Backcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of backcloth?
The plural of backcloth is backcloths.

Words near backcloth in the dictionary

  1. backchecker
  2. backcheckers
  3. backchecking
  4. backchecks
  5. backclash
  6. backcloth
  7. backcloths
  8. backcomb
  9. backcombed
  10. backcombing
  11. backcombs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backcloth (page history and authors); backcloth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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