-scape

-scape
comb. form forming nouns denoting a view or a representation of a view (moonscape; seascape).
Etymology: after LANDSCAPE

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\\ˌskāp\ noun combining form (-s)
Etymology: landscape
: view : pictorial representation of a (specified) type of view

cityscape

waterscape

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a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting "an extensive view, scenery," or "a picture or representation" of such a view, as specified by the initial element: cityscape; moonscape; seascape.

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-scape /-skāp/
suffix
Indicating a type of scene or view, as in seascape, streetscape
ORIGIN: ↑landscape

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-scape UK [skeɪp] US suffix
used with some nouns to make nouns describing a wide view of a particular type

a beautiful seascape

(=view of the sea)

an impressive cityscape

(=view of the city)
Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym views and landscapessynonym prefixeshyponym

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scape1 «skayp», noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, scaped, scap|ing.
Archaic. escape.
scape2 «skayp», noun.
1. Botany . a leafless flower stalk rising from the ground, such as that of the narcissus, dandelion, or hyacinth.
2. something like a stalk, such as the shaft of a feather or the shaft of a column.
╂[< Latin scāpus stalk]
scape3 «skayp», noun.
a view of scenery of any kind: »

to sketch a scape in pencil.

╂[abstracted from landscape]
scape4 «skayp», noun.
U.S. Aerospace. a space suit: »

This period is referred to officially by NASA as the “Scape-phase,” a reference to an acronym used to describe the protective suits (Robert Lindsey).

╂[< s(elf)-c(ontained) a(tmospheric) p(rotective) e(nsemble)]
'scape «skayp», noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, 'scaped, 'scap|ing.
Archaic. escape.
╂[short for escape]
combining form. a scenic picture or view of, as in seascape.
╂[< (land)scape]

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comb. form denoting a specified type of scene

moonscape

Origin:
on the pattern of (land)scape

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(in nouns) a view or scene of

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landscape

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seascape

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moonscape

 
Word Origin:
[-scape] on the pattern of landscape.

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