terrace

[ter·race]

A terrace is a paved or brick outdoor area right next to a house or apartment. You might have a nice dinner out on your terrace, enjoying the sunset.

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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

Noun
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

Noun
a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"

Noun
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Verb
make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"

Verb
provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"

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v.
A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

v.
A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

v.
A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

v.
A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

v.
A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

v. t.
To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

Terrace

Ter"race , n. [F. terrasse (cf. Sp. terraza, It. terrazza), fr. L. terra the earth, probably for tersa, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, E. torrid, and thirst. See Thirst, and cf. Fumitory, Inter, v., Patterre, Terrier, Trass, Tureen, Turmeric.] 1. A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure. 2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one. 3. A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. 4. A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses. 5. (Geol.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea. &hand; Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history. Terrace epoch. (Geol.) See Drift epoch, under Drift, a.

Terrace

Ter"race, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terraced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Terracing .] To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. Sir H. Wotton.

Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

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