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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

소품

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sopum

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prop/prɒp/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"배우가 연극 중에 소품을 떨어뜨렸습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A portable object other than furniture or costumes used on the set of a play or movie.

    "The actor accidentally dropped an important prop during the critical scene."
  2. 2

    A pole, beam, or other structure used to prevent something from falling or to keep it in a desired position.

    "They used a sturdy wooden prop to keep the sagging roof from collapsing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'proppe', meaning a vine-pole or stopper, entering Middle English in the 15th century. Over time, the meaning evolved from a physical pole used to support something to a general term for any structural support or theatrical property.

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