land•scapeˈlændˌskeɪp(n.; v.; adj.)-scaped, -scap•ing

1. (n.)a section or expanse of natural scenery, usu. extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.

2. a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.

3. the art of depicting such scenery.

   Category: Fine Arts

4. a sphere of activity; arena; scene.

5. (v.t.)to improve the appearance of (an area of land, a highway, etc.), as by planting trees, shrubs, or grass, or altering the contours of the ground.

6. (v.i.)to do landscape gardening or landscape architecture as a profession.

7. (adj.)pertaining to, designating, or producing horizontal, sideways orientation of computer output, with lines of data parallel to the two longer sides of a page

   Category: Computers

   Ref: (contrasted with portrait ).

Origin of landscape:

1595–1605; < D landschap, c. OE landsceap, landscipe tract of land. See land , -ship

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