Diorama

Quick meaning: Diorama is a noun meaning A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

Meaning

A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.

Example Sentences

With his diorama-like compositions and tales of longing — usually for a loving family — Wes Anderson has taken audiences most everywhere on the planet: Asia and Europe, New York City and the American southwest, a fox’s hole and an island inhabited by dogs.

Word Forms

• dioramas

Synonyms for diorama

Depending on context, synonyms include panorama, cyclorama.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include panorama, cyclorama, scene, dollhouse, deepie, demirelief.

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