terrace

[ ter-uh s ]

/ ˈtɛr əs /

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noun

a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially one of a series of levels rising one above another.

the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.

a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.

the flat roof of a house.

an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck.

an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony.

a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.

a residential street following the top of a slope.

verb (used with or without object), ter·raced, ter·rac·ing.

to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.

Origin of terrace

1505–15; earlier terrasse < Middle French < Old Provençal terrassa < Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus. See terra, -aceous

OTHER WORDS FROM terrace

ter·race·less, adjective un·ter·raced, adjective

Words nearby terrace

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Example sentences from the Web for terrace

“They would bring them to the terrace and say, ‘You pay or you are his next meal,’” Trapuzzano explains.

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The apartment is quarantined but a terrace door was left open so the dog could go outside “to do his business.”

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On a New York terrace, there is a dinner dance one balmy summer evening.

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We began to slink outside, tentatively crossing the terrace.

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“I realized that language was out of their realm, and the only reason that they sign was to obtain various rewards,” said Terrace.

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On the terrace beyond several children were playing, while before him, for many a mile, lay his own broad lands.

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The stars were shining when we came out on the terrace, and the waning moon still hung its crescent overhead.

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It had not only a garden but a terrace, and this terrace overlooked the sea, the blue sunny sea of the south.

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We have the terrace walls nearly finished; and I am in hopes to lay the corner stone of the temple by the middle of May.

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There was a light in the drawing-room that opened upon the terrace, which Batiscombe had not noticed before.

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British Dictionary definitions for terrace

terrace

/ (ˈtɛrəs) /

noun

a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope

a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face
(cap when part of a street name)Grosvenor Terrace

a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden

a balcony or patio

the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style

a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion

(usually plural)

unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
the spectators themselves

verb

(tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces

Derived forms of terrace

terraceless, adjective

Word Origin for terrace

C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin

Medical definitions for terrace

terrace

[ tĕr′ĭs ]

v.

To suture in several rows, as when closing a wound through a considerable thickness of tissue.

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terrace

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verb (used with or without object), ter·raced, ter·rac·ing.

Origin of terrace

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British Dictionary definitions for terrace

noun

verb

Derived forms of terrace

Word Origin for terrace

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terrace

noun

verb (used with or without object), ter·raced, ter·rac·ing.

Origin of terrace

OTHER WORDS FROM terrace

Words nearby terrace

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