hardscape

noun

hard·​scape ˈhärd-ˌskāp 

: structures (such as fountains, benches, or gazebos) that are incorporated into a landscape compare softscape

Examples of hardscape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, from the port city of Rotterdam to the canals of Amsterdam, volunteers work together to tear up hardscape, planting gardens to greenify their neighborhoods. —Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2025

One floor down, a pavilion for entertaining opens to a hardscape patio and pool. —Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025

Wade Steelman Create contrast between your hardscape elements and the natural elements in your yard by pairing a retaining wall directly in front of a line of lush evergreen trees. —Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025

Plans include ripping up the plot’s grass and putting in hardscape—possibly limestone—for a patio and some hardwood floors for dancing, reports The New York Times. —Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hardscape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape