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SCENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scenic mean? 

SCENIC (adjective)
  The adjective SCENIC has 2 senses:

1. used of locations; having beautiful natural sceneryplay

2. of or relating to the stage or stage sceneryplay

  Familiarity information: SCENIC used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCENIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery

Context example:

scenic drives

Similar:

beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)

Derivation:

scene (the visual percept of a region)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the stage or stage scenery

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

scenic design

Pertainym:

scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)


 Context examples 


Though selected as a science destination, Pillinger Point also offers a scenic vista from atop the western rim of Endeavour Crater, which is about 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter.

(Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor, NASA)

"What do you think I ought to do? Nothing scenic, I hope. You see I am stiff and trail-sore, and this bunk is so restful."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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