Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tablescape

/ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: ta-blescape
IPA: /ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artistic arrangement of articles on a table.

verb

To produce an artistic arrangement of articles on a table.

Example Sentences

"Most commenters linked to their own blogs or Flickr pages, and slideshows of their own homes, each bearing the distinct Domino imprimatur (much throwing of sheepskin, chic-cute tablescapes and Lucite furniture)."
"Sorry to press an unmodernised yet perfectly adequate word into action, but of course all this stuff is perfectly nice. It’s nice if the table is laid nicely, it’s lovely if the flowers are lovely, it’s caring of you to make people feel cared for, whatever that really means. (I wonder if the truly selfless tablescape actually exists – Meghan’s entire MO feels desperately “compliments to the hostess”.)"

Etymology

From table + -scape.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: table

Inflected Forms

tablescapes (plural) tablescapes (present, singular) tablescaping (participle, present) tablescaped (participle, past) tablescaped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

tablescaper

Questions

How do you pronounce tablescape?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/.
What does tablescape mean?: An artistic arrangement of articles on a table.
Where does tablescape come from?: From table + -scape.

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