MEANING
1. A view of the sea and its visible surroundings, considered as a scene.
2. A painting, photograph, or other visual work whose main subject is the sea.
Use it for
describing the sea as a whole scene; framing coastal scenery from a viewpoint; contrasting changing marine vistasDistinguishes a view of the sea from an artistic representation of it. Writing functions: Marine scenery / Visual art.
Words that belong together
- a dramatic seascape
- an open seascape
- a changing seascape
On the page
At dawn the seascape was divided into bands of silver and blue.
The headland interrupted an otherwise empty seascape.
Her seascapes contain no ships, only water and distant weather.
A small seascape hung above the captain’s desk.
Word forms
- Base
- seascape
Usage notes
Countable noun: seascape, seascapes. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (dictionary-informed qualitative editorial estimate; not a measured frequency).
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