Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: scenery
IPA transcription: [s'inɚi]
Pronunciations of scenery
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: scenery, scene
    Meaning: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
  • Synonyms: scenery
    Meaning: the appearance of a place
Usage examples
  • Even the scenery is austere.
  • "Now for the folks--I've had enough scenery."
  • She looked out of the window, but the scenery was strange to her.
  • Of all the great things promised, the scenery alone came to fulfilment.
  • It was conceded that nowhere could the Palisades be judged superior in the way of scenery and grandeur.
  • I determined to pass the night there, and, having taken an early dinner, strolled out to enjoy the neighboring scenery.
  • They were sitting in a nearby car while Feldman enjoyed the scenery, Chris made further plans, and Harnett gathered material.
  • I approached my native north, for such I esteemed it, with that enthusiasm which romantic and wild scenery inspires in the lovers of nature.
  • Indeed, it is an amusement peculiarly adapted to the mild and highly-cultivated scenery of England, where every roughness has been softened away from the landscape.
  • The scenery which presented itself on all sides, although scarcely entitled to be called grand, had about it an indescribable and to me a delicious aspect of dreary desolation.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording C. S. Lewis, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Kandersteg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, License CC BY-SA 4.0