Landscape

Quick meaning: Landscape is a noun meaning A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

Meaning

A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.

More Meanings

1. A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
2. A sociological aspect of a physical area.
3. The pictorial aspect of a country.
4. (computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
5. A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
6. (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario
7. A picture representing a real or imaginary scene by land or sea, the main subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water, etc.

Example Sentences

The software patent landscape has changed considerably in the last years

The rolling Chocolate Hills of Bohol in the Philippines could easily be mistaken for a child’s landscape drawing.

Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

Its steel helped build America, from the skyscrapers dotting city landscapes to the cars speeding down highways, to the appliances inside millions of homes.

Word Forms

• landscapes
• landskip
• landscaping
• landscaped

Synonyms for landscape

Depending on context, synonyms include outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, scene, scenery.

Antonyms for landscape

Common opposites include portrait.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include panorama, scenery, topography, medium, paysage, skyline.

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