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tablescape

/ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/

tablescape noun: an artistic arrangement of articles on a table.

Noun

tablescape (plural tablescapes)

  1. An artistic arrangement of articles on a table.
    • Most commenters linked to their own blogs or Flickr pages, and slideshows of their own homes, each bearing the distinct Domino imprimatur (much throwing of sheepskin, chic-cute tablescapes and Lucite furniture).2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “A Girl World Closes, and Fans Mourn”, in New York Times
    • Sorry to press an unmodernised yet perfectly adequate word into action, but of course all this stuff is perfectly nice. It’s nice if the table is laid nicely, it’s lovely if the flowers are lovely, it’s caring of you to make people feel cared for, whatever that really means. (I wonder if the truly...2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian

Verb

tablescape (third-person singular simple present tablescapes, present participle tablescaping, simple past and past participle tablescaped)

  1. To produce an artistic arrangement of articles on a table.

Forms of tablescape

Noun
pluraltablescapes
Verb
third-person singular presenttablescapes
present participletablescaping
past participletablescaped
pasttablescaped

Origin of tablescape

From table + -scape.

Questions about tablescape

What does tablescape mean?
Tablescape means an artistic arrangement of articles on a table.
What part of speech is tablescape?
Tablescape can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce tablescape?
Tablescape is pronounced /ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/.
What is the plural of tablescape?
The plural of tablescape is tablescapes.

Words near tablescape in the dictionary

  1. tables d'hôte
  2. tables of contents
  3. tables of death
  4. tablesaw
  5. tablesaws
  6. tablescape
  7. tablescaped
  8. tablescaper
  9. tablescapers
  10. tablescapes
  11. tablescaping

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