scape

¹ American  

[skeyp] / skeɪp /

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 ² American  

[skeyp] / skeɪp /

Or 'scape

noun

Archaic.

scaped, scaping

1. an archaic variant of escape.

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-scape ³ American  

1. 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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scape ¹ British  

/ skeɪp /

noun

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

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-scape ² British  

suffix

1. indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation

   seascape

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scape ³ British  

/ skeɪp /

verb

1. an archaic word for escape

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Other Word Forms

• scapose adjective

Etymology

Origin of scape

1595–1605; < Latin scāpus stalk < Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter

Related Words

• aspect
• outlook
• view
• vision