landscape

landscape
land|scape1 W3 [ˈlændskeıp] n
[Date: 1500-1600; : Dutch; Origin: landschap, from land 'land' + -schap '-ship']
1.)
an area of countryside or land of a particular type, used especially when talking about its appearance
▪ the beauty of the New England landscape
rural/industrial/urban etc landscape
2.)
a picture showing an area of countryside or land
▪ English landscape artists
3.) the political/social landscape
the general situation in which a particular activity takes place
▪ Recent electoral shocks have shaken the European political landscape.
4.) [U]
a way of printing a document in which the long sides are horizontal and the short sides are vertical
→↑portrait
→a blot on the landscape at ↑blot2 (2)
landscape 2
landscape2 v [T often passive]
to make a park, garden etc look attractive and interesting by changing its design, and by planting trees and bushes etc
▪ The area around the mill pond has also been landscaped.
>landscaping n [U]

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