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streetscape.

Noun
Setting
MEANING

The appearance of a street formed by its buildings, surfaces, vegetation, fixtures, and other visible elements.

Use it for

a street's combined visual atmosphere; buildings and public fixtures seen together; the effect of trees, paving, and signage; a street described beyond individual façades

Words that belong together

  • a historic streetscape
  • improve the streetscape
  • a continuous streetscape

On the page

The new lighting changed the streetscape more than the restored shopfronts did.
A continuous streetscape of brick terraces gave way abruptly to the loading yards.

Related words

street scenestreet environmenturban design
Word forms
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streetscape

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular streetscape; plural streetscapes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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