Definitions
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- noun A view of
mountains , or a depiction of such a view
Etymologies
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Examples
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Middle-class Capetonians began to celebrate this mountainscape from the early years of the twentieth century.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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In the 1958 "Snow: Poem of Mao Zedong," the leader is a small standing figure in the lower right corner of a mountainscape so snowy it dissolves into abstraction.
A Message in the Landscapes Lee Lawrence 2012
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Gillam crawled strategically down to the other end of his allotment to work on a mountainscape with elves and vampirates.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: AT THE BEACH IN 1994 Maggie Jochild 2007
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On a treeless mountainscape far from home, four of our bravest patriots came to the ghastly conclusion that the only way to save themselves was forbidden by the rules of engagement.
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I believe in this case he painted the distant mountainscape in one location and then overpainted the backdrop with a fallen log that he found somewhere else.
Two Day Motif James Gurney 2008
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Following the guide, he'd held Stephanie's hand until they stepped through the transition's door and into a Polynesian mountainscape.
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Even so, she did spend quite a bit of time behind the camera as they traveled, sometimes at Andrew's request, sometimes on her own initiative, when a particularly lovely valley or snow-covered mountainscape inspired her.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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Even so, she did spend quite a bit of time behind the camera as they traveled, sometimes at Andrew's request, sometimes on her own initiative, when a particularly lovely valley or snow-covered mountainscape inspired her.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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Even so, she did spend quite a bit of time behind the camera as they traveled, sometimes at Andrew's request, sometimes on her own initiative, when a particularly lovely valley or snow-covered mountainscape inspired her.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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Even so, she did spend quite a bit of time behind the camera as they traveled, sometimes at Andrew's request, sometimes on her own initiative, when a particularly lovely valley or snow-covered mountainscape inspired her.
The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003
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