dunescapen.
/ˈdjuːnskeɪp/, /ˈdʒuːnskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈd(j)unˌskeɪp/ A dune-covered landscape; a pictorial representation of such a landscape.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > type of
beauty spot1846
picturesque1852
moonscape1907
mudscape1908
postcard land1918
cultural landscape1919
dunescape1928
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty1949
wirescape1951
AONB1957
Marlboro Country1961
roofscaping1962
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > landscape-painting > a landscape or view > type of
paysage1611
winter piece1612
rockscape1754
pastoral1798
skyscape1811
snow scene1836
icescape1839
cloudscape1868
townscape1880
winterscape1884
treescape1885
farmscape1886
cowscape1896
roadscape1899
cityscape1915
dunescape1928
slumscape1947
hellscape1959
jungle-scape1973
1928 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 25 May 3/6 Frank V. Dudley's dunescapes are pioneer undertakings in a vast wilderness of dormant aesthetic appreciation.
1959 N.Y. Times 24 May (Travel section) 17/5 It is a landscape constantly in motion, for the dunes move under the pressure of the winds... The dunescape is never quite the same.
1999 R. Deakin Waterlog (2000) xii. 136 On the way down to the sea was the Kneehigh Theatre Company;..a scattering of tents in the shelter of steep dunes... Their stage was the river and the dunescape around it.
2005 Trav. Afr. Autumn 113/1 If you're photographing something that's predominantly white, a bright coastal dunescape for example, then the meter reading will result in a muted mid-grey image.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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