'Scenery' definitions:
Definition of 'scenery'
(from WordNet)
noun
The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
noun
The appearance of a place
Definition of 'Scenery'
From: GCIDE
- Scenery \Scen"er*y\, n.
- 1. Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scenery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act drop,
- agora,
- airscape,
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- asbestos,
- asbestos board,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- backdrop,
- background,
- batten,
- bear garden,
- border,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- campus,
- canvas,
- circus,
- cityscape,
- cloth,
- cloudscape,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- coulisse,
- counterweight,
- course,
- curtain,
- curtain board,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- drop,
- drop curtain,
- field,
- fire curtain,
- flat,
- flipper,
- floor,
- forum,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hanging,
- hippodrome,
- landscape,
- lists,
- locale,
- lookout,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- mise-en-scene,
- open forum,
- outlook,
- palaestra,
- panorama,
- parade ground,
- perspective,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- props,
- prospect,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- rag,
- range,
- ring,
- riverscape,
- scape,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenic view,
- screen,
- seascape,
- set,
- setting,
- side scene,
- sight,
- site,
- skyscape,
- sphere,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage screw,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- sweep,
- tab,
- tableau,
- teaser,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- tormentor,
- townscape,
- transformation,
- transformation scene,
- view,
- vista,
- walk,
- waterscape,
- wing,
- wingcut,
- woodcut,
- wrestling ring