Scenery Meaning
/ˈsiːnəɹi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounView, natural features, landscape.
nounStage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.
Sentence Examples
The tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery.
This scenery is magnificent.
The coastal road has spectacular scenery.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The drive through the mountains offered breathtaking ____ of forests and lakes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The train journey offered breathtaking ____ as it wound through the mountain valleys.
Word Origin & History
Earlier scenary, from scene + -ary, but now remodelled as scene + -ery.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play, and the reaſon is the ſame for both; to guide the Undertaking, and to preſerve the Remembrance of ſuch things, whoſe Natures are difficult to retain."
— 1695, John Dryden, “Preface of the Translator, with a Parallel, of Poetry and Painting”, in C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC, page xliv:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The drive through the mountains offered breathtaking ____ of forests and lakes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The train journey offered breathtaking ____ as it wound through the mountain valleys.