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scenework

scenework noun: the elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.

Noun

scenework (uncountable)

  1. The elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.
    • The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship

Origin of scenework

From scene + -work.

Questions about scenework

What does scenework mean?
Scenework means the elements of a scene in a television episode, movie, or play.
What part of speech is scenework?
Scenework is a noun.

Words near scenework in the dictionary

  1. sceneshifters
  2. scenester
  3. scenesterism
  4. scenesters
  5. scenetics
  6. scenework
  7. scenewright
  8. scenewrights
  9. sceney
  10. scenic
  11. scenic design

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