waterscape
waterscape · waterscapes
An aquatic landscape; a view or site prominently involving waterAn aquatic landscape; a view or site prominently involving water.
Meaning
1 sensesAn aquatic landscape; a view or site prominently involving water.
More definitions
- a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)
Origin
From water + -scape. Compare Middle English watershipe (“a gathering of waters”), Old EnglFrom water + -scape. Compare Middle English watershipe (“a gathering of waters”), Old English wætersċipe (“a body of water”), Old Saxon watriscapum (“watercourse, watersource”), Middle Dutch waterschap (“watercourse, waterway”) (whence Dutch waterschap).
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Forms
plural: waterscapes| Singular | waterscape |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape):seascape