LANDSCAPE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

2.
n.

A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.

3.
n.

The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.


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