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headground

headground noun: a background used for a headshot.

Noun

headground (plural headgrounds)

  1. (dated) A background used for a headshot.
    • One Hollywood Flood-Lite was used, subdued to 20 amperes and screened by lowering the Lite back of a small headground, until detail in the composition was almost lost to the eye.1922, Abel's Photographic Weekly - Volume 30, Issues 776-783, page 567
    • But a card table was folded up and made as fine a headground as one could wish.1927, American Photography - Volume 21, page 12

Forms of headground

pluralheadgrounds

Origin of headground

Blend of head + background.

Questions about headground

What does headground mean?
Headground means a background used for a headshot.
What part of speech is headground?
Headground is a noun.
What is the plural of headground?
The plural of headground is headgrounds.

Words near headground in the dictionary

  1. headgames
  2. headgate
  3. headgates
  4. headgear
  5. headgears
  6. headground
  7. headgrounds
  8. headgroup
  9. headgroups
  10. headgrowth
  11. headgrowths

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