cloudscape

American  

[kloud-skeyp] / ˈklaʊdˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a view or scene of clouds.

2. a depiction of clouds in a work of art or photograph.

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cloudscape British  

/ ˈklaʊdskeɪp /

noun

1. a picturesque formation of clouds

2. a picture or photograph of such a formation

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Etymology

Origin of cloudscape

First recorded in 1865–70; cloud ( def. ) + -scape ( def. )

Example Sentences

Choose between a massive headless gummy bear, a balloon-filled phone booth, a cloudscape, L.A.-ready angel wings and other poppy backdrops for a one-of-a-kind photo experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

The other, a backdrop, is more of a cloudscape of peach and turquoise.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

A sulfur-colored cloudscape dominated the sky, onion domes hovering outside the frame.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2018

The cloudscape and the brown choppy sweep of the Thames were a welcome contrast to our morning's industrial cramp.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

And on the morrow he rode over, blind for once to the changes of nature, of landscape and cloudscape that surrounded him.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.