cyclorama

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noun

A panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.

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dioramapanorama
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Meanings

nouncyclorama (plural cycloramas)

plural cycloramas

  1. artA panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.

    Robert Loo sat, quite content, behind the counter, against a cyclorama of tins of milk and corned beef.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461

    Synonyms: diorama

  2. metonymicallyartA building or room designed to show this image.
  3. entertainmentA large, often concave, backdrop, hung upstage in a theater.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA panoramic image displayed on the inside of a cylindrical canvas.

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diorama

More synonyms by meaning

nouna picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

Similar
panoramadiorama
Broader
pictureimageicon
Also see
dioramapanorama

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cyclo- + -rama (as in panorama).

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Translations

Catalan ciclorama, ciclorama
  • cicloramapanoramic image
  • cicloramatheater backdrop
French cyclorama, cyclorama
  • cycloramapanoramic image
  • cycloramatheater backdrop
Hungarian cikloráma, körkép
  • ciklorámapanoramic image
  • körképpanoramic image
Polish cyklorama, cyklorama
  • cykloramapanoramic image
  • cykloramatheater backdrop
Portuguese ciclorama, ciclorama
  • cicloramapanoramic image
  • cicloramatheater backdrop
Spanish ciclorama, ciclorama
  • cicloramapanoramic image
  • cicloramatheater backdrop

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cyclorama

dramamamapanoramaOsamaRamalamakamallamaBrahmadioramacamaFujiyamaamahRuhnama
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Cite this entry
APA

cyclorama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclorama

MLA

“cyclorama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclorama. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclorama,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclorama.

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