skyscape
Americannoun
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a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
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a picture representing this.
noun
Etymology
Origin of skyscape
Example Sentences
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In Gibraltar, an ever-present lenticular cloud known as the “Levanter” is a staple of the city’s skyscape.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023
Whether you are watching the sky from your window or your garden, clouds can change the skyscape.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2022
As Mike Davis describes its structures in “City of Quartz”: It is “a Miesian skyscape raised to dementia.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2019
“The entire skyscape looked like a birthday cake,” Arellano said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2018
The bottle careens and thuds to the carpet, ink pours down over the skyscape, veiling Mrs. Smeath in Parker’s Washable Blue.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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