landscape

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
landscape/ˈlandskeɪp/

▶noun

• 1 all the visible features of an area of land.

• 2 a picture representing an area of countryside.

• 3 the distinctive features of a sphere of intellectual activity.

• 4 [as modifier] denoting a format of printed matter which is wider than it is high. Compare with portrait.

▶verb improve the aesthetic appearance of (a piece of land) by changing its contours, planting trees and shrubs, etc.

– derivatives
landscaper noun,
landscapist noun.

– origin C16: from MDu. lantscap, from land ‘land’ + scap (equivalent of -ship).