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scen·er·y

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–noun, plural -er·ies.

1.	the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.

2.	hangings, draperies, structures, etc., used on a stage to represent a locale or furnish decorative background.

—Idiom

3.	chew the scenery, to act melodramatically; overact.

[Origin: 1740–50; scene + -ery

]

—Synonyms 1. terrain, view, surroundings.

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n. pl. scen·er·ies

A view or views of natural features, especially in open country: enjoying the varied mountain scenery.
Backdrops, hangings, furnishings, and other accessories on a stage that represent the location of a scene.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scenery

"decoration of a theater stage," 1774, earlier scenary (1695), from scene (q.v.). Meaning "a landscape or view, a pictorial scene" is from 1777.

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scenery
noun
1.	the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
2.	the appearance of a place

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ˈscenery1 noun

the painted background for a play etc on a stage
Example: The scenery looked rather shabby.

Arabic:	المَناظِر على خَشَبَة المَسْرَح
Chinese (Simplified):	布景
Chinese (Traditional):	佈景
Czech:	dekorace
Danish:	kulisse
Dutch:	achterdoek
Estonian:	lavakujundus
Finnish:	lavasteet
French:	décors
German:	das Bühnenbild
Greek:	σκηνικό
Hungarian:	díszletek
Icelandic:	leikmynd, leiktjöld
Indonesian:	latar belakang
Italian:	scenario

Japanese:	背景
Korean:	무대 배경
Latvian:	dekorācijas
Lithuanian:	dekoracijos
Norwegian:	kulisser, teaterdekorasjoner
Polish:	dekoracja
Portuguese (Brazil):	cenário
Portuguese (Portugal):	cenário
Romanian:	decor
Russian:	театральные декорации
Slovak:	dekorácia
Slovenian:	kulise
Spanish:	decorado, escenario
Swedish:	sceneri, dekor
Turkish:	dekor

ˈscenery2 noun

the general appearance of a landscape etc
Example: beautiful scenery

Arabic:	مَنْظَر طَبيعي، مَشْهَد طَبيعي
Chinese (Simplified):	风景
Chinese (Traditional):	風景
Czech:	scenérie
Danish:	landskab
Dutch:	landschap
Estonian:	maastik
Finnish:	maisema
French:	paysage
German:	die Szenerie
Greek:	τοπίο
Hungarian:	táj
Icelandic:	landslag
Indonesian:	pemandangan
Italian:	paesaggio

Japanese:	風景
Korean:	풍경
Latvian:	ainava; dabasskats
Lithuanian:	peizažas
Norwegian:	landskap, natur
Polish:	krajobraz
Portuguese (Brazil):	cenário
Portuguese (Portugal):	paisagem
Romanian:	peisaj
Russian:	пейзаж
Slovak:	scenéria
Slovenian:	pokrajina
Spanish:	paisaje
Swedish:	natur, landskap
Turkish:	manzara

See also: behind the scenes, come on the scene, scenic, scene

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Scenery Hill, PA Zip code(s): 15360

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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.

Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. --W. Irving.

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