drop cloth

1. 1.

   a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

   Synonymsdrop curtaindrop

   Broadercurtain
2. 2.

   a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted

   Broaderpiece of cloth

Questions about drop cloth

What does drop cloth mean?

drop cloth means "a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for drop cloth?

Close synonyms include drop curtain, drop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop cloth a common word?

drop cloth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.