Scenery has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
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
"The mountain scenery was breathtaking as we drove along the winding road."
3
View, natural features, landscape.
"The hikers paused on the mountain trail to take in the breathtaking scenery of rolling hills and dense forests."
In plain English: Scenery is everything you see around you, including natural landscapes and man-made buildings.
"The mountains and forests provided beautiful scenery for our hike."
Example Sentences
"The mountains and forests provided beautiful scenery for our hike."
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"The changing scenery along the mountain road made the drive feel endless."
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"They stopped frequently to photograph the beautiful scenery outside their train window."
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"Unlike the city lights at night, the rural scenery was dark and quiet under a full moon."
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Origin
The word entered English as scenary, formed by combining the Latin root scene with the suffix -ary. Over time, this spelling was adjusted to its current form, scenery, which adds the suffix -ery instead.