Landscape

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also {landskip}.]
     [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin
     to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See {Land},
     {and} {-schip}.]
     1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can
        comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it


        contains.
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     2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or
        fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of
        nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare
        {seascape}.
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     3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
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              The landscape of his native country had taken hold
              on his heart.                         --Macaulay.
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     {Landscape gardening}, The art of laying out grounds and
        arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to
        produce a picturesque effect.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  landscape
       n 1: an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
       2: painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
       3: a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery
          [syn: {landscape painting}]
       4: an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape
          looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we
          changed the landscape for solving the proble of payroll
          inequity"
       v 1: embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"
       2: do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations
          and earns a good living"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "landscape":
     airscape, aspect, cityscape, cloudscape, countryside, diorama,
     exterior, farmscape, interior, lookout, outlook, panorama,
     pastoral, perspective, prospect, riverscape, scape, scene, scenery,
     scenic view, seapiece, seascape, sight, skyscape, snowscape, sweep,
     townscape, view, vista, waterscape