hardscape

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noun

The permanent, artificial features of a landscape made from stone etc, rather than plants.

OriginEnglish landscapebf. →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounhardscape (plural hardscapes)

plural hardscapes

  1. The permanent, artificial features of a landscape made from stone etc, rather than plants.
verbhardscape (third-person singular simple present hardscapes, present participle hardscaping, simple past and past participle hardscaped)

present singular third person hardscapes · participle present hardscaping · participle past hardscaped · past hardscaped

  1. transitiveTo provide (a landscape) with man-made elements.

Origin

  1. Englishhard
  2. Englishlandscapebf.
  3. Englishhardscape

From hard + -scape.

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APA

hardscape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardscape

MLA

“hardscape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardscape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hardscape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hardscape.

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