landscape

[land-skeyp]

noun

1. a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.

   Synonyms: prospect, vista, scenery, view

2. a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.

3. Fine Arts.,  the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.

4. Obsolete.,  a panoramic view of scenery; vista.

verb (used with object)

landscaped, landscaping 

1. to improve the appearance of (an area of land, a highway, etc.), as by planting trees, shrubs, or grass, or altering the contours of the ground.

2. to improve the landscape of.

verb (used without object)

landscaped, landscaping 

1. to do landscape gardening as a profession.

adjective

1. Digital Technology.,  relating to or producing horizontal, sideways orientation of computer or other digital output, with lines of data parallel to the two longer sides of a page or screen.

landscape

/ ˈlændˌskeɪp /

noun

1. an extensive area of land regarded as being visually distinct

   ugly slagheaps dominated the landscape

2. a painting, drawing, photograph, etc, depicting natural scenery

3. 1. the genre including such pictures

   2. ( as modifier )

      landscape painter

4. the distinctive features of a given area of intellectual activity, regarded as an integrated whole

   the landscape of the European imagination

adjective

1. printing

   1. (of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater width than height Compare portrait

   2. (of a page) carrying an illustration or table printed at right angles to the normal text

verb

1. (tr) to improve the natural features of (a garden, park, etc), as by creating contoured features and planting trees

2. (intr) to work as a landscape gardener

Other Word Forms

• relandscape verb

Word History and Origins

Origin of landscape¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; 1925–30 landscape for def. 5; from Dutch landschap; cognate with Old English landsceap, landscipe; akin to German Landschaft; equivalent to land + -ship

Word History and Origins

Origin of landscape¹

C16 landskip (originally a term in painting), from Middle Dutch lantscap region; related to Old English landscipe tract of land, Old High German lantscaf region

Example Sentences

Osborne says the landscape of Lowcountry has changed a lot in the past five years with many, often wealthy, people from the North moving down South for lower cost of living.

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"We'd love to hear from people about how we can create thoughtful, living ways to remember those who've passed in the landscapes we steward."

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But the usually barren landscape has been transformed by a carpet of colourful wildflowers, which have been brought to life by significant rainfall during the southern hemisphere's winter months.

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Natural landscapes from all four UK nations will also feature inside the updated documents, including Ben Nevis, the Lake District, Three Cliffs Bay and the Giant's Causeway.

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When African Americans migrated west, L.A. was wide open, a physical and spiritual landscape with space to build the social order anew.

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Related Words

• mural 
• painting 
• photograph 
• scene 
• scenery 
• view