moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp 
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted
also
: a landscape resembling this surface
Examples of moonscape in a Sentence
The valley is a desolate moonscape.
Recent Examples on the Web
In images that recall battles more than a century ago, soldiers squat in earthwork defenses, surrounded by terrain shelled into a moonscape.
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
In Iraq, the fallout is everywhere, fraying society, spurring deadly clashes among villages, displacing thousands of people every year, emboldening extremists, and leaving ever-more land looking like a barren moonscape.
—Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Here in Iraq, the fallout is everywhere, fraying society, spurring deadly clashes between villages, displacing thousands of people every year, emboldening extremists and leaving ever more land looking like a barren moonscape.
—Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
Winding toward the forest through the moonscape of what used to be people’s homes, there are few signs of life.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
The camp looked like a moonscape with tents pitched between rocky ravines and glacier shale that can be slippery and dangerous.
—Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
Our cities are full of moonscapes used to store cars.
—Henry Grabar, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
The 1971 image of Alan Shepard hammering a golf ball across the moonscape with a six iron during Apollo 14 remains etched in the popular mind as the end of lunar exploration.
—Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2012
The landscape had changed from a stark moonscape to humid deciduous brush to bleached rocks and semi-arid plants.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
In Iraq, the fallout is everywhere, fraying society, spurring deadly clashes among villages, displacing thousands of people every year, emboldening extremists, and leaving ever-more land looking like a barren moonscape.
—Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Here in Iraq, the fallout is everywhere, fraying society, spurring deadly clashes between villages, displacing thousands of people every year, emboldening extremists and leaving ever more land looking like a barren moonscape.
—Alissa J. Rubin Bryan Denton, New York Times, 29 July 2023
Winding toward the forest through the moonscape of what used to be people’s homes, there are few signs of life.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
The camp looked like a moonscape with tents pitched between rocky ravines and glacier shale that can be slippery and dangerous.
—Michael Clinton, Men's Health, 14 June 2023
Our cities are full of moonscapes used to store cars.
—Henry Grabar, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
The 1971 image of Alan Shepard hammering a golf ball across the moonscape with a six iron during Apollo 14 remains etched in the popular mind as the end of lunar exploration.
—Paul Raeburn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2012
The landscape had changed from a stark moonscape to humid deciduous brush to bleached rocks and semi-arid plants.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
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moonscape
noun
moon·scape
ˈmün-ˌskāp
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured
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