Scenery
['siːn(ə)rɪ] or ['sinəri]
Definition
(noun.) the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; 'they worked all night painting the scenery'.
(noun.) the appearance of a place.
Checked by Ellen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
(n.) Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Landscape, prospect, view.
Typed by Brandon
Examples
- You are not familiar with Cambridgeshire scenery, are you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are often described as _flying_ reptiles, and pictures are drawn of Mesozoic scenery in which they are seen soaring and swooping about. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No, not of the lake but of the scenery about it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Oh for the Ecclesford theatre and scenery to try something with. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Nearly every book concerning Galilee and its lake describes the scenery as beautiful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The most natural conclusion would be that the oysters climbed up there to look at the scenery. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Meantime you can go to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, where you will, and enjoy pictures, music, scenery, and adventures to your heart's content. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The dreary scenery, the lonely situation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was a very quiet place, some miles from the high-road, back from the Derwent Valley, outside the show scenery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There is a sort of beauty in the scenery, I know; but it is a jail to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was no scenery to render gay this lugubrious environment, but the black interior served as the common background for the performers, throwing all their actions into high relief. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The whole appearance of the scene is precisely what we would expect and desire the scenery of Genessaret to be, grand beauty, but quiet calm. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Great pains had been taken in the scenery to give the semblance of reality to the impossible. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Last night the scenery was striking and picturesque. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The hot-lake district of Auckland, New Zealand, is also famous in possessing some of the most remarkable geyser scenery in the world. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Naomi