[ US /ˈskeɪp/ ]
[ UK /skˈe‍ɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
  2. erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
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How To Use scape In A Sentence

  • If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
  • The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
  • Having had some narrow escapes the priest was eventually arrested as a recusant priest and was tried by revolutionary Court.
  • The landscape was colored mainly in dark ocher, with occasional areas in malachite green.
  • They point out that, for customers, obsoleting an investment is not an ‘escape’ but a ‘closed door.’
  • They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help.
  • Ireland we say 'aitch' that is the Presbyterians do - for some reason which escapes me Catholics say 'haitch' - another argument for integrated education. Behind the scenes at the UK's highest court
  • The gang escaped with a haul worth hundreds of pounds.
  • And when he escaped, might it not have been to these ancient, forested hills? Times, Sunday Times
  • They thought he had escaped through a specially constructed tunnel.
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