cloudscape

American  

[kloud-skeyp] / ˈklaʊdˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a view or scene of clouds.

2. a depiction of clouds in a work of art or photograph.

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cloudscape British  

/ ˈklaʊdskeɪp /

noun

1. a picturesque formation of clouds

2. a picture or photograph of such a formation

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Etymology

Origin of cloudscape

First recorded in 1865–70; cloud ( def. ) + -scape ( def. )

Example Sentences

Choose between a massive headless gummy bear, a balloon-filled phone booth, a cloudscape, L.A.-ready angel wings and other poppy backdrops for a one-of-a-kind photo experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Transporting the rolls for the cloudscape carpet that marks the entrance to the exhibit required a motor to drag the 900-pound bundles.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2019

A sulfur-colored cloudscape dominated the sky, onion domes hovering outside the frame.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2018

It is based on a painting, by Maria Conway, of Georgiana, the fifth Duchess of Devonshire, flying through a nocturnal cloudscape in the guise of the goddess Diana.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2018

He reads our earth, cloudscape, landscape, season, foison, man and beast of the field, with the same wistfulness which women who have known sorrow exhibit for children who have not.

From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry