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moonscape

noun moon·scape \-ˌskāp\

: the way the surface of the moon looks

: a dry and empty place that looks like the surface of the moon

Full Definition of MOONSCAPE

:  the surface of the moon as seen or as depicted; also :  a landscape resembling this surface
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First Known Use of MOONSCAPE

1907

Rhymes with MOONSCAPE

broomrape, cloudscape, date rape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, great ape, landscape, man ape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, sea grape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape

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