diorama
noun
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
dioramas
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pluralof diorama.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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With the overhead lights dimmed and soft light spilling from the dioramas, the displays looked like windows to other worlds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Local artists, with easy access to Carrara marble quarried just down the coast, created thousands of sculpted scenes that by turns commemorate, re-create or just refer to the dead in towering dioramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
According to Axios, Trump has had models and dioramas built for other projects he is considering and has directed how and where new marble-tiled floors would be laid in the White House.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
In museums, there are dioramas with cave people hunting mammoths with spears and movies are filled with examples of aggressive ancestors.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
He did not take any interest in the discarded skins of famous goblin heroes and actors, despite all of the interesting dioramas.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
