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headground

noun

Etymology

Blend of head + background.

  1. inherited from *grunduz✻
  2. inherited from *grundu✻
  3. inherited from grund
  4. inherited from ground
  5. compounded as background — “back + ground”
  6. compounded as headground — “head + background”

Definitions

  1. A background used for a headshot.

    • One Hollywood Flood-Lite was used, subdued to 20 amperes and screened by lowering the Lite back of a small headground, until detail in the composition was almost lost to the eye.
    • But a card table was folded up and made as fine a headground as one could wish.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA