landscaper
/'lænskeip,peintə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A professional who designs, plans, and maintains outdoor spaces: A landscaper is someone whose job is to make gardens, yards, or other areas of land more attractive by arranging plants, trees, paths, and other features.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- We hired a landscaper to redesign our backyard.
- The new park was designed by a famous landscaper.
- As a landscaper, her expertise is in selecting native plants.
Advanced Usage
- "Landscaper" vs. "Landscape Architect": While a landscaper often focuses on the physical installation and maintenance of gardens, a landscape architect typically has more formal training and may work on larger-scale planning and design projects. However, the terms are sometimes used interchangeably in casual conversation.
- For a simple garden makeover, a landscaper is sufficient. For the city's new waterfront development, they hired a landscape architect.
Variants and Related Words
- Landscape (noun): All the visible features of an area of land.
- The mountain landscape was breathtaking.
- Landscape (verb): To improve the appearance of a piece of land by changing its contours and planting trees, shrubs, or grass.
- They decided to landscape the entire property.
- Landscaping (noun): The process or art of making a yard or other piece of land more attractive by altering the design, planting trees and shrubs, etc.
- The landscaping around the office building won an award.
Synonyms
- Gardener: A person who tends and cultivates a garden. (A gardener may focus more on plant care, while a landscaper often handles broader design and installation.)
- Groundskeeper: A person who maintains a park, sports field, or other area of land.
Related Phrases
- Landscape design: The art and process of designing the outdoor environment.
- She studied landscape design in college.
- Landscape maintenance: The ongoing care and upkeep of a landscaped area.
- The contract includes weekly landscape maintenance.
Noun
- someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively