Scenery

//ˈsiːnəɹi// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    View, natural features, landscape. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale wordnet
  3. 3
    Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene. uncountable, usually

    "To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain."

  4. 4
    the appearance of a place wordnet

Synonyms

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act dropagoraairscapeamphitheaterarenaasbestos

Example

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"The tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery."

Etymology

Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.

Related phrases

borrowed scenerychange of scenerychew on the scenerychew the scenerychew up the sceneryscenery-chewerscenery-chewing

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