Background and Landscape

Background

Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Landscape and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Landscape" instead a noun "Background".

Landscape noun - The physical features of a region as a whole.

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Background and landscape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Landscape".

Nearby Words: landscaped, landscaping

musical	musical background	musical landscape
similar	similar background	similar landscape
green	green background	green landscape
actual	actual background	actual landscape
Other adjectives: entire, real, social, criminal, white, new, different, psychedelic, cultural, colorful.

Rubbery World: In the course selection menu, take a look at the landscape in the background behind the robot; every time the robot's head comes down (especially when the truck stops by), the entire landscape bounces.

Source: Video Game / Super Mario Maker
Asylum, home of Anya's parents and the bridge on Oder River have some mountainous landscape in the background.

Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein: The New Order
Even though the level "Koopakick" is located inside the volcano on the overworld, the actual level takes place outside, with a lush, hilly landscape in the background, with castle decorations and lava in the foreground.

Source: Video Game / The Second Reality Project

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