Definitions for sceneries

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sceneries scen·er·y

Spelling: [see-nuh-ree]

IPA: /ˈsi nə ri/

Sceneries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 229 anagrams from letters in sceneries (ceeeinrss).

Definitions for sceneries

noun

1. the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
2. hangings, draperies, structures, etc., used on a stage to represent a locale or furnish decorative background.

Idioms

1. chew the scenery, to act melodramatically; overact.

Origin of sceneries

First recorded in 1740-50; scene + -ery

Examples for sceneries

From Swedish sceneries and animal life she borrows her most beautiful images.

And he knew people who had fine Indian sceneries; he would speak to them and to others who had Indian costumes.

There were “big rocks, gulches, and sceneries” of a far better quality down the coast on the way to Wrangell.

He is well “posted-up” in the local histories and sceneries of the place.