About The Word Scenery
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Scenery
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What's The Definition Of Scenery?
[n] the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
[n] the appearance of a place Synonyms | Synonyms for Scenery: scene Related Terms | Find terms related to Scenery: See Also | backcloth | backdrop | background | flat | landscape | locality | masking | masking piece | neighborhood | neighbourhood | seascape | set | set piece | stage set | vicinity Scenery In Webster's Dictionary \Scen"er*y\, n.
1. 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.
2. 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.
Never need an American look beyond his own country
for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
--W. Irving.
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