Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Landscape \Land"scape\, n. [Formerly written also landskip.] [D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land, and -schip.]
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare seascape.
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The pictorial aspect of a country.
The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart.
--Macaulay.Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.
Wiktionary
n. The development and decoration of open spaces, especially gardens.
WordNet
n. working as a landscape gardner [syn: landscaping]
Usage examples of "landscape gardening".
I thought about landscape gardening, but I wanted a challenge, not something that would take me a second and a half to master.
English landscape gardening that was so radically different from the highly symmetrical gardens made fashionable by the French, and particularly by the work of Andre LaNotre at Versailles in the time of Louis XIV.
The pleasure-grounds at Marchbanks Towers present an interesting example of optical illusion applied to landscape gardening.
I had witnessed them in furious disagreement on design issues, but you don't use emotive words like 'hate' about landscape gardening and room layouts.
You know there are fashions in landscape gardening--immensely long fashions, since the landscapes take so long to grow.
Moving eastward into the next sector, we come to the first of two residential areas modeled on contemporary suburban landscape gardening and architecture.
Music, landscape gardening, architecture - there was no start to his talents.