Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A view or picture of the surface of the moon.
- noun A desolate landscape.
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- noun A
view of an area of theMoon - noun by extension A
desolate ordevastated landscape
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In fact, the landscape could better be described as a moonscape: the flat sand plain, the occasional meteorite crater, and of course the chain of mountains guarding the landward approach about a half mile inland.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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In fact, the landscape could better be described as a moonscape: the flat sand plain, the occasional meteorite crater, and of course the chain of mountains guarding the landward approach about a half mile inland.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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In fact, the landscape could better be described as a moonscape: the flat sand plain, the occasional meteorite crater, and of course the chain of mountains guarding the landward approach about a half mile inland.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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Rather than a lush green brush under a canopy of towering pines, McClanahan says much of the 5,900-acre park has become "moonscape" - in some spots, for as far as the eye can see.
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Rather than lush green brush under a canopy of pines, park superintendent Todd McClanahan says much of Bastrop is a charred "moonscape" - in some spots, as far as the eye can see.
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Unfortunately, past the chalet, the wind has come up and the final 6 kilometres over the moonscape is a vastly different challenge from our first ascent from Bedoin.
PezCyclingNews.com 2009
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Brooks Porter said a beachhouse on Beach Drive, a road locals dubbed moonscape after the storm, simply was scrap and half of another eight-bedroom home on Thunder Road was found on the ground behind its pilings.
The Facts: News 2008
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Brooks Porter said a beachhouse on Beach Drive, a road locals dubbed moonscape after the storm, simply was scrap and half of another eight-bedroom home on Thunder Road was found on the ground behind its pilings.
The Facts: News 2008
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Brooks Porter said a beachhouse on Beach Drive, a road locals dubbed moonscape after the storm, simply was scrap and half of another eight-bedroom home on Thunder Road was found on the ground behind its pilings.
The Facts: News 2008
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Brooks Porter said a beachhouse on Beach Drive, a road locals dubbed moonscape after the storm, simply was scrap and half of another eight-bedroom home on Thunder Road was found on the ground behind its pilings.
The Facts: News 2008
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