Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back-cloth star

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: back---cloth s-tar
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.

Inflected Forms

back-cloth stars (plural)

Questions

What does back-cloth star mean?: An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to draw more attention to himself.

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