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scape
1[ skeyp ]
noun
- Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
- Architecture. the shaft of a column.
- Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.
scape
2or 'scape
[ skeyp ]
noun
Archaic.
scaped, scaping.
- an archaic variant of escape.
-scape
3- a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element:
cityscape; moonscape; seascape.
-scape
1suffix forming nouns
- indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation
seascape
scape
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
- zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna
scape
3/ ɪ /
verb
- an archaic word for escape
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Derived Forms
- ˈDz, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scape1
abstracted from landscape
Origin of scape2
C17: from Latin ܲ stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see shaft
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