OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 25916

foreground

/ˈfɔː(ɹ)ˌɡɹaʊnd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
primer plano
The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.
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