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.

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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.

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Other Word Forms of Landscape

Singular:

landscape

Plural:

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