stage set
noun
: scenery and properties designed and arranged for a particular scene in a play
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Standing on the terrace is like watching a mesmerizing stage set. 
Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022 The stage set, with a large sofa, end table, and standing lamp, could just as easily be that of a TV show, situated in the characters’ living room — there’s even a potted palm. Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 The song soon swelled to a stomping rocker as the five-piece rock band built out a multilayered melody in front of a stage set with glowing orbs. Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022 The draft itself was quite a scene, with a massive stage set up just off The Strip, and thousands of fans standing shoulder to shoulder for what seemed to be a mile. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 But there was something deep down, an undeniable urge, that brought her to Wednesday’s big moment, to the stage set up outside Crypto.com Arena where she would be officially introduced as the Sparks’ newest star free-agent acquisition. Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022 An interesting Victorian stage set had been designed by Robert Davidson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022 But last year Lone Mountain Land Company bought the ranch; the old western ghost town can no longer be visited, even as an empty stage set. Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 With a stage set up on the 50-yard line, entertainment for the evening was provided by St. Sava Parma Serbian Dance Troupe, country singer Matt Chase, Brady Campbell Irish Dance School and Red Hackle Pipes and Drum Band. John Benson, cleveland, 4 May 2022 See More
Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022 The stage set, with a large sofa, end table, and standing lamp, could just as easily be that of a TV show, situated in the characters’ living room — there’s even a potted palm. Janine Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022 The song soon swelled to a stomping rocker as the five-piece rock band built out a multilayered melody in front of a stage set with glowing orbs. Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2022 The draft itself was quite a scene, with a massive stage set up just off The Strip, and thousands of fans standing shoulder to shoulder for what seemed to be a mile. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 But there was something deep down, an undeniable urge, that brought her to Wednesday’s big moment, to the stage set up outside Crypto.com Arena where she would be officially introduced as the Sparks’ newest star free-agent acquisition. Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022 An interesting Victorian stage set had been designed by Robert Davidson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022 But last year Lone Mountain Land Company bought the ranch; the old western ghost town can no longer be visited, even as an empty stage set. Antonia Hitchens, Town & Country, 8 June 2022 With a stage set up on the 50-yard line, entertainment for the evening was provided by St. Sava Parma Serbian Dance Troupe, country singer Matt Chase, Brady Campbell Irish Dance School and Red Hackle Pipes and Drum Band. John Benson, cleveland, 4 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above