shadow play

Noun

Meaning

a drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

galanty show shadow show shadowgraph chiaro-oscuro shadow puppetry black-and-white skit play produced by showing only the shadows show performed with silhouettes and shadow puppets achromatic play black-white performance galanty drama executed by throwing shadows on a wall pantomime made by throwing the shadows pantomime shadow play play presented by casting shadows of actors
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Antonyms

sun radiance brightness daylight illumination luminosity
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Hypernyms

show

Examples

The shadow play characters Karagöz and Hacivat are based on historic personalities who lived and died in Bursa. Source: Internet

Spectators not always provided the details needed to differentiate between for instance a shadow play and a lantern projection. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shadow over the sun shadow over the sun disk shadow price shadow pronoun shadow puppet