moonscape

[moon-skeyp]

noun

the general appearance of the surface of the moon.

an artistic representation of it.

a land area that resembles the surface of the moon, especially in barrenness and desolation.

Origin of moonscape

First recorded in 1925–30; moon + -scape

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Examples from the Web for moonscape

Contemporary Examples of moonscape

At that first sighting, the word “moonscape” popped into my mind—there was something not of this earth about the place.
Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan
Malcolm Jones
February 3, 2012

Historical Examples of moonscape

The sun rose, and baked the abomination of desolation which was the moonscape.
Scrimshaw
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
He looked at the sky, then swept his torch over the moonscape.
First on the Moon
Jeff Sutton
He saw the moonscape—the frozen lava sea with its layer of whitish-tan moondust.
Operation: Outer Space
William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for moonscape

moonscape

noun

the general surface of the moon or a representation of it

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Word Origin and History for moonscape

1926, from moon (n.) + scape (n.).