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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
2[ skeyp ]
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈDz, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scape1
Origin of scape2
Example Sentences
Spring specialties: garlic scapes, pea shoots, ramps, fiddlehead ferns, English peas, fava beans.
“We should be careful not to scape goat minorities because of shifts in their voting patterns when a clear majority of people of color voted Democrat.”
“As Outfest was imploding, members of the Outfest Board threw Plaintiff under the bus and sought to make him a scape goat for their own malfeasance.”
Some are well-known to foragers and farmers market shoppers — nettles, morels, garlic scapes.
The fragrant flower scape — which resembles a big, flattened pink pine cone — lasts for as long as six months.
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