scape
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noun
1.
Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
2.
Zoology. a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.
3.
Architecture. the shaft of a column.
4.
Entomology. the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.
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-scape
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.
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scape1 (skeɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers |
| 2. | zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna |
| [C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see | |
| 'scapose1 | |
| —adj | |
| scape or 'scape2 (skeɪp) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| an archaic word for escape | |
| 'scape or 'scape2 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| scape or 'scape2 (skeɪp) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| an archaic word for escape | |
| 'scape or 'scape2 | |
| —vb, —n | |
| -scape | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation: seascape | |
| [abstracted from | |
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Example sentences
They are the scape goats for all of the political and domestic instability.
Engineers must wear scape suits, designed to protect them from the toxic fuel.
Descriptive of a leafless stem that bears an inflorescence or describing a plant that has a scape.
The sound of cell phone conversations has long been part of the ambient noise scape common to urban settings.
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