moonscape

[ moon-skeyp ]

noun
  1. the general appearance of the surface of the moon.

  2. an artistic representation of it.

  1. a land area that resembles the surface of the moon, especially in barrenness and desolation.

Origin of moonscape

1
First recorded in 1925–30; moon + -scape

Words Nearby moonscape

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How to use moonscape in a sentence

  • And suddenly, the jagged moonscape below erupted—belching streaks of fire that sought us like probing fingers.

    The Peacemaker | Alfred Coppel
  • The sun rose, and baked the abomination of desolation which was the moonscape.

    Scrimshaw | William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for moonscape

moonscape

/ (ˈmuːnˌskeɪp) /


noun
  1. the general surface of the moon or a representation of it

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