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landscape(1) (iou)



landscape noun, adjective, & adverb. Also landskip, lantskip. L16.
[Middle Dutch lantscap, Dutch landschap landscape, province; -skip after Dutch pronunc.: see LAND noun1. Cf. -SHIP.]
A. noun.
A picture of natural (esp. inland) scenery (cf. SEASCAPE). Formerly also, the scenery forming the background of a portrait etc. L16.
b. A sketch, an outline; a bird's-eye view, a map. M17-E18.
c. fig. An epitome of some quality. M17-E19.
Natural scenery; the pictorial representation of scenery, esp. as an artistic genre. E17.
a. (A view presented by) an expanse of terrain or district which is visible from a particular place or direction; an expanse of (country) scenery. M17.
B. Moore The landscape, hilly, empty..gradually began to change.
b. Geography. A tract or region of land with its characteristic topographical features, esp. as shaped or modified by (usu. natural) processes and agents. L19.
N. Calder The sculpture of landscapes by water, ice and wind. fig.: Scientific American Trade unions have become a prominent feature of the industrial landscape.
Comb.: landscape architect a practitioner of landscape architecture; landscape architecture (the Art of) planning and designing the open-air environment, esp. with ref. to the harmonious fitting of buildings, roads, etc., into the landscape; landscape gardener a practitioner of landscape Gardening; landscape Gardening (the Art of) laying out ornamental grounds or grounds imitating natural scenery; landscape-marble a variety of marble with markings resembling shrubbery or trees; landscape-painter an artist who paints landscapes.
b. adjective & adverb. Of a page, book, etc., or the manner in which it is set or printed: having or in a rectangular shape with the width greater than the height. Opp. PORTRAIT adjective & adverb. E20.

tonight 2, noun (oh)



2 n [U]
the night of this day
::I'm really looking forward to tonight.
::Tonight should be fun.
::Here is tonight's news bulletin.