Cadre.
1. The part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; SYN. ground.
2. Relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.
3. A person's social heritage: previous experience or training.
4. Information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; SYN. background knowledge.
5. Extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; SYN. background signal.
6. (Computer science) The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; SYN. desktop, screen background.
The setting; the decorative arrangements within a home or other building.
ETYM Late Lat. decoratio: cf. French décoration.
1. An award for winning a championship; SYN. laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon.
2. Something used to beautify; SYN. ornament, ornamentation.
3. The act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive).
1. The appearance of a place.
2. The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; SYN. scene.
1. The context and environment in which something is set:; SYN. scene.
2. The physical position of something
3. The state of the environment in which a situation exists; SYN. background, scope.