Scenery

3 definitions found

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

  Scenery \Scen"er*y\, n.
     1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings
        representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and
        arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play,
        poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or
        occurence.


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     2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety
        and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of
        natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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              Never need an American look beyond his own country
              for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
                                                    --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scenery
       n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
            suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
            painting the scenery" [syn: {scene}]
       2: the appearance of a place

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

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "scenery":
     act drop, agora, airscape, amphitheater, arena, asbestos,
     asbestos board, athletic field, auditorium, backdrop, background,
     batten, bear garden, border, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus,
     canvas, circus, cityscape, cloth, cloudscape, cockpit, coliseum,
     colosseum, coulisse, counterweight, course, curtain, curtain board,
     cyclorama, decor, drop, drop curtain, field, fire curtain, flat,
     flipper, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hanging,
     hippodrome, landscape, lists, locale, lookout, marketplace, mat,
     milieu, mise-en-scene, open forum, outlook, palaestra, panorama,
     parade ground, perspective, pit, place, platform, precinct,
     prize ring, props, prospect, public square, purlieu, rag, range,
     ring, riverscape, scape, scene, scene of action, scenic view,
     screen, seascape, set, setting, side scene, sight, site, skyscape,
     sphere, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage screw, stage set,
     stage setting, sweep, tab, tableau, teaser, terrain, theater,
     tilting ground, tiltyard, tormentor, townscape, transformation,
     transformation scene, view, vista, walk, waterscape, wing, wingcut,
     woodcut, wrestling ring