seascape

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US/ˈsiˌskeɪp/

noun

A view of the sea.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

nounseascape (plural seascapes)

plural seascapes

  1. A view of the sea.

    Having accompanied his master to the door, Parkinson returned towards the promenade and sat down to admire the seascape from the nearest bench.

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    1 more example

    ‘Penguins?’ I asked our Spanish guide. ‘Si, si, si,’ he agreed with an encouraging grin and plunged on through the penguinless seascape.

    1993, Ranulph Fiennes, chapter 2, in Mind Over Matter: The Epic Crossing of the Antarctic Continent, London: Mandarin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 35
  2. A piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seykʷ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīhwaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*saiwiz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*saiwi
  5. Old Englishsǣ
  6. Middle Englishsee
  7. Englishsea
  8. Englishlandscapebf.
  9. Englishseascape

From sea + -scape.

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Translations

Bulgarian морски пейзаж
  • морски пейзаж (morski pejzaž)piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Catalan marina
  • marinapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Esperanto marpentraĵo
  • marpentraĵopiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Finnish merimaisema, merimaalaus
  • merimaisemapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
  • merimaalauspiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
French marine
  • marinepiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
German Meereslandschaft, Seestück
  • Meereslandschafta view of the sea
  • Seestückpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Irish amharc mara, radharc mara
  • amharc maraa view of the sea
  • radharc maraa view of the sea
  • muirdhreachpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
  • muirphictiúrpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Polish widok na morze, marina
  • widok na morzea view of the sea
  • marinapiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Russian мари́на
  • мари́на (marína)piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
Swedish havsbild, havsmålning
  • havsbildpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline
  • havsmålningpiece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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