Definition of moonscape
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted;
also
: a landscape resembling this surface
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Examples of moonscape in a Sentence
The valley is a desolate moonscape.
Recent Examples of moonscape from the Web
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The samples on display, which were air-dried, look like clumps of moonscape or a small asteroid.
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Here's what to do when confronted by a minefield — or a moonscape — in front of you.
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But those expecting a bleak moonscape, barren and lifeless, won’t find it here.
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Soldiers and militiamen loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized government describe having a tantalizing view on a clear day of Sanaa’s international airport from the moonscape mountains.
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What remained looked like the hillsides of Vietnam after a napalm strike, ghostly gray moonscapes devoid of life.
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The book opens with Jazz failing — in spectacular fashion — her test to join the EVA Guild (acronyms like EVA often are not explained), which would have allowed her to lead lucrative tourist forays onto the moonscape.
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Almost 9,000 acres turned into slick gray-silver moonscape.
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Mountain slopes once cloaked by manzanita, chemise and other chaparral were rendered into moonscapes.
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First Known Use of moonscape
1907
MOONSCAPE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of moonscape for English Language Learners
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: the way the surface of the moon looks
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: a dry and empty place that looks like the surface of the moon
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