earthscape

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noun

A view of the Earth or a part thereof, emphasizing its geological history and the natural and man-made processes that created it.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

earthscape1

nounearthscape (plural earthscapes)

plural earthscapes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Earthscape.
verbearthscape (third-person singular simple present earthscapes, present participle earthscaping, simple past and past participle earthscaped)

present singular third person earthscapes · participle present earthscaping · participle past earthscaped · past earthscaped

  1. transitiveAlternative letter-case form of Earthscape.

Earthscape2

nounEarthscape (plural Earthscapes)

plural Earthscapes · alternative earthscape

  1. A view of the Earth or a part thereof, emphasizing its geological history and the natural and man-made processes that created it.

    In an earthscape where man or evidence of man is prominent, we see him actively engaged in planting, reaping, and traveling[…]

    1983, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2 more examples

    This project focuses on documenting the distinctive, defining aspects of Edinboro's earthscape. These aspects include the Lake Erie shoreline (especially Presque Isle), lake-effect weather, French Creek watershed, Devonian bedrock (especially related to petroleum history), viticulture, and glacial landforms.

    2008, Joseph F. Reese, “Earthscape Edinboro: An Earth Systems Based Educational Model to Connect Locals with Their Locale”, in 2008 Joint Annual Meeting of the ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2025

    Yet never do we pause to wonder why the monotonous greens and browns over the long expanse of time before flowers arrived on earth gave way so suddenly—abruptly enough on the evolutionary scale to cause Darwin great concern—to an earthscape where flowers became nearly ubiquitous

    2015 July 21, Stephen Buchmann, The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 41
  2. A view of the earth rising above the lunar horizon as seen from the moon or from a spacecraft.
verbEarthscape (third-person singular simple present Earthscapes, present participle Earthscaping, simple past and past participle Earthscaped)

present singular third person Earthscapes · participle present Earthscaping · participle past Earthscaped · past Earthscaped · alternative earthscape

  1. transitiveTo take an Earthscape photograph.
  2. transitiveTo landscape on a grand scale.
  3. transitiveTo terraform.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

earthscape · noun, verb

From earth + -scape.

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Earthscape · noun, verb

From Earth + -scape, modelled after landscape.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

earthscape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthscape

MLA

“earthscape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthscape. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthscape,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthscape.

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