Landscape Definition

lăndskāp
landscaped, landscapes, landscaping
noun
landscapes
A picture representing a section of natural, inland scenery, as of prairie, woodland, mountains, etc.
Webster's New World
An expanse of natural scenery considered in terms of its visual effect.
Webster's New World
The branch of painting, photography, etc. dealing with such pictures.
Webster's New World
The conditions prevailing in a particular time, place, institution, etc.
The political landscape of postwar Britain.
Webster's New World
The aspect of the land characteristic of a particular region.
A bleak New England winter landscape.
American Heritage
verb
landscaped, landscapes, landscaping
To change the natural features of (a plot of ground) so as to make it more attractive, as by adding a lawn, trees, bushes, etc.
Webster's New World
To work as a landscape architect or gardener.
Webster's New World
To arrange grounds aesthetically or maintain grounds as a profession.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • put in the lawn and shrubbery
  • finish off
  • provide the landscaping

Other Word Forms of Landscape

Noun

Singular:
landscape
Plural:
landscapes

Origin of Landscape

  • From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landscipe, landsceap (“region, district, tract of land”), equivalent to land +‎ -ship; in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”). Cognate with Scots landskape, landskep, landskip (“landscape”), West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Low German landschop (“landscape, district”), German Landschaft (“landscape, countryside, scenery”), Swedish landskap (“landscape, scenery, province”), Icelandic landskapur (“countryside”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Dutch landschap from Middle Dutch landscap region land land lendh- in Indo-European roots -scap state, condition (collective suff.)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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