moonscape

noun

moon·​scape ˈmün-ˌskāp How to pronounce moonscape (audio)
: the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted
also : a landscape resembling this surface

Examples of moonscape in a Sentence

The valley is a desolate moonscape.
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At the top, deck looks like a moonscape, and the roar of rushing cars and trucks was barely discernible, thanks to the thick, 12-foot-tall sound walls on either side of the structure, which is slightly wider than an American football field and about three-quarters its length. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024 Entire neighborhoods — schools, medical facilities, mosques, bakeries and homes — have been reduced to a moonscape of rubble, and tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024 In preparation, Firefly built a one-acre moonscape at its Rocket Ranch facility to test how Blue Ghost could avoid hazards and navigate according to the terrain. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024 Beyond the secured entrance gates, a tall concrete wall forms a serene semicircular courtyard with naturalistic desert landscaping too green to be a moonscape but minimal enough to evoke someplace otherworldly. Mark David, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for moonscape 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of moonscape was in 1907

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“Moonscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moonscape. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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moonscape

noun
moon·​scape ˈmün-ˌskāp How to pronounce moonscape (audio)
: the surface of the moon as seen or as pictured

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