backdrop: Meaning and Definition of

back•drop

1. Also called,the rear curtain of a stage setting.
2. the background of an event; setting.
3. 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.

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