landscape

English

/ˈlandskeɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
  • A sociological aspect of a physical area.
  • 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.
  • The pictorial aspect of a country.
  • (computing) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides
  • A space, indoor or outdoor and natural or man-made (as in "designed landscape")
  • (figuratively) a situation that is presented, a scenario

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *landschippe inherited from Old English landscipe suffix from English land (real estate, urine) derived from Dutch, Flemish landschap (landscape, region, province, district).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

landschap

Gloss

landscape, region, province, district

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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