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viewscape

viewscape noun: a vista; a view or prospect from a particular place.

Noun

viewscape (plural viewscapes)

  1. A vista; a view or prospect from a particular place.
    • Throughout the study process, information was obtained from agencies, public officials, and the general public in an effort to identify viewscapes in the study area which are sensitive because of their visual quality, uniqueness, cultural significance, or perceived value to the community.1996, US-151, Belmont to Dodgeville, Iowa County, Lafayette County
    • Vistas in San Francisco—a city whose real estate development platted out land geometrically and gridded over a series of hills—offer vertical, stunning viewscapes of architecture and the Bay, natural and built environments.2004, Alan A Lew, Carolyn Cartier, Seductions of Place

Forms of viewscape

pluralviewscapes

Origin of viewscape

From view + -scape.

Questions about viewscape

What does viewscape mean?
Viewscape means a vista; a view or prospect from a particular place.
What part of speech is viewscape?
Viewscape is a noun.
What is the plural of viewscape?
The plural of viewscape is viewscapes.

Words near viewscape in the dictionary

  1. viewquakes
  2. views
  3. views from nowhere
  4. views of frankpledge
  5. views someone's etchings
  6. viewscape
  7. viewscapes
  8. viewscreen
  9. viewscreens
  10. viewser
  11. viewsers

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