landscapenoun
usuk/ˈlænd.skeɪp/B1 [ C ] a large area of countryside, especially in relation to its appearance:
a rural/barren landscape
The landscape is dotted with the tents of campers and hikers.
The cathedral dominates the landscape for miles around.
[ C or U ] a view or picture of the countryside, or the art of making such pictures:
a watercolour landscape
J.M.W. Turner is one of the best-known British landscape painters.
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- The garden has been designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.
- Here and there the rusted hulk of an abandoned car dots the landscape.
- As we journeyed south, the landscape became drier and rockier.
- The landscape was sheathed in ice.
- The art students were told to sketch the landscape.
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Geography: scenery & views
- -scape
- a bird's eye view idiom
- backdrop
- background
- bird
- commanding
- foreground
- grandstand
- look
- lookout
- outlook
- overlook
- panorama
- prospect
- scene
- scenic
- skyline
- the middle distance
- view
- vista
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Towns & regions: the countryside
Pictures
landscapeverb [ T ]
usuk/ˈlænd.skeɪp/to change the appearance of an area of land, especially next to a building or road so that it looks more like natural countryside
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Civil engineering in general
- caisson
- civil engineering
- engineer
- greenfield
- lineman
- linesman
- planner
- planning
- planning permission
- purpose-built
- quantity surveyor
- reclamation
- redevelop
- ribbon development
- structural engineer
- surveyor
- town planning
- urbanize
- zone
- zoning
landscapeadjective
usuk/ˈlænd.skeɪp/A landscape document is to be printed with the longer side of the paper at the top and bottom.
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portrait adjective
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Publishing: printing & word processing
- bed
- bold
- Braille
- bullet
- bullet point
- CMYK
- indentation
- inline
- intaglio printing
- italic
- italicize
- plate
- printer
- publication
- publish
- put sth to bed idiom
- reissue
- reprint
- roman
- stamp
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