Meaning & use
aquascape
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Meanings
nouncountable
An underwater scene created inside an aquarium using plants, rocks, and wood for visual effect.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a beautiful aquascape or design several aquascapes.
Patterns
- create an aquascape
- a natural aquascape
- the aquascape in an aquarium
She spent months building a lush aquascape with moss and driftwood.
The contest judges awarded first prize to an aquascape that looked like a mountain stream.
A good aquascape needs the right balance of light, water flow, and plant nutrients.
verbtransitive or intransitive
To design and arrange an underwater display of plants, rocks, and other decorations in an aquarium.
Grammar: Can take an object (aquascape a tank) or be used without one (he loves to aquascape).
Patterns
- aquascape a tank
- aquascape with rocks and plants
- learn how to aquascape
He aquascaped his new 60-liter tank with Java fern and smooth stones.
They aquascape together every weekend as a hobby.
It takes patience to aquascape a large aquarium well.
Word forms
| plural | aquascapes |
|---|---|
| third person singular | aquascapes |
| past tense | aquascaped |
| past participle | aquascaped |
| present participle | aquascaping |
Common combinations
- natural aquascape
- He aimed for a natural aquascape that mimicked a riverbank.
- aquascape design
- The book covers aquascape design for beginners.
- create an aquascape
- You can create an aquascape with just a few easy plants.
- aquascape competition
- She entered her tank in an international aquascape competition.
Synonyms and how they differ
- aquarium layout
- A more general term for the arrangement of things in a tank, not necessarily artistic.
- underwater garden
- Focuses on the plants rather than the whole designed scene.
Word family
- aquascaping noun
- The activity or art of arranging underwater displays.
- aquascaper noun
- A person who creates aquascapes.
Commonly confused: aquascape or landscape?
aquascape vs landscape
Landscape is a view of land, while aquascape is an underwater scene inside a tank.
Practice
She decided to ___ her new aquarium with rocks and moss.
Choose one answer.
Aquascape fits because it is a verb meaning to arrange an underwater display. Aquatic is an adjective, aquatint is a printmaking technique, and aqueduct is a water bridge.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “aquascape”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.