soundscape

noun

sound·​scape ˈsau̇n(d)-ˌskāp How to pronounce soundscape (audio)
: a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical sounds

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And while the other stuff — the hallucinations, strange noises, the eerie soundscape — might frighten from time to time, Alma is what’s truly scary, forcing players to perpetually keep their flashlight on and doublechecking every corner. Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025 The album creates a soundscape made up entirely of audio pulled from Troma films, a collaboration blessed by studio founder Lloyd Kaufman. Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025 For the exhibition, Poindexter collected native kelp/seaweed from the waters near Avalon and created life-size cyanotype photograms printed on flowing silk panels, then layered an underwater soundscape recorded on her dives. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025 To that end the brand hosted an experiential exhibit inside the Grand Palais that brought running to life by creating shifting floor environments from sand to concrete and forest soil to urban gravel, with matching soundscapes. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soundscape

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soundscape was in 1964

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“Soundscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soundscape. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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