moonscape

noun

moon·​scape ˈmün-ˌskāp How to pronounce moonscape (audio)
: 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. 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 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of moonscape was in 1907

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“Moonscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonscape. Accessed 27 Sep. 2023.

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moonscape

noun
moon·​scape ˈmün-ˌskāp How to pronounce moonscape (audio)
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured

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