stage set

Noun

Meaning

The disposition of props, scenery, etc. for a play.

(figuratively, by extension) The context or environmental surroundings of an event; ambiance.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

set setting scenery off-Broadway venue backdrop backcloth

Hypernyms

representation

Hyponyms

scene scenery

Related terms

set the stage

Examples

A huge jungle stage set was built, with Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray as the stars. Source: Internet

A stage set up since election night for a victory party outside the city’s convention centre remained intact and has been secured for days by security personnel using high fencing and car barriers. Source: Internet

A dancer performs a work by Maria Hassabi in the Walker gallery (at left) near a stage set, originally designed by Robert Rauschenberg. Source: Internet

All you have here is lawyer Mason (played by Burr), seated at the defense counsel’s table in what’s supposed to be a Los Angeles courtroom (but is undoubtedly just a stage set), apparently going through a brief on his latest murder case. Source: Internet

Tech Week – parlance for the time when the cast and crew put together the lighting, sound, stage set, props, costumes and pit orchestra – would have taken place April 13-17. Source: Internet

A civic team has told the police that the seven-acre stage set up for over 35,000 artistes and visitors from 150 countries is unsafe, and a separate one should be built for the prime minister and other VIPs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stage rat stage right stage screw stage setting stage show stage street