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Definitions

scrim

[skrim] / skrɪm /
NOUN
backdrop
Synonyms
STRONGEST




Example Sentences

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When the scrim is illuminated, the golden notes appear to be suspended like stars in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Going over to inspect, one discovers that the work’s flat front scrim is actually a shallow box, with black scrim pulled taut at each side.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

Then Lee Greenwood live-performed Trump’s longtime walk-on music, “God Bless the U.S.A.,” while a scrim slowly rose to reveal an shadowed Trump on the stage, with his name written behind him.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

Only a blurry, hazy scrim over the gold-and-blue sky.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder