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waterscape

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter-scape
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aquatic landscape; a view or site prominently involving water.

verb

To create an aquatic landscape.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From water + -scape. Compare Middle English watershipe (“a gathering of waters”), Old English wætersċipe (“a body of water”), Old Saxon watriscapum (“watercourse, watersource”), Middle Dutch waterschap (“watercourse, waterway”) (whence Dutch waterschap).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

waterscapes (plural) waterscapes (present, singular) waterscaping (participle, present) waterscaped (participle, past) waterscaped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

aquascape

Synonyms

seascape

Questions

What does waterscape mean?
An aquatic landscape; a view or site prominently involving water.
Where does waterscape come from?
From water + -scape. Compare Middle English watershipe (“a gathering of waters”), Old English wætersċipe (“a body of water”), Old Saxon watriscapum (“watercourse, watersource”), Middle Dutch waterschap (“watercourse, waterway”) (whence Dutch waterschap).

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