terrace

[ ter-uhs ]

/ 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.

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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, adjectiveun·ter·raced, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for terrace

The shelter currently has three floors of living space with eight rooms, a common area and a terrace for recreation.
Casa Frida becomes second home for Mexico City’s LGBTQ community|Yariel Valdés González|January 22, 2021|Washington Blade
Rioters who had scaled the scaffolding were on an upper terrace pelting officers with debris from above.
How battered D.C. police made a stand against the Capitol mob|Peter Hermann|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
The mob erected a barricade from the debris, using bleacher and scaffolding parts to block officers from moving along the upper terrace.
How battered D.C. police made a stand against the Capitol mob|Peter Hermann|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
At the center of allegations about a political cover-up is a nondescript Edwardian terraced house in West London.
Alleged U.K. Parliamentary Pedophile Ring Hushed Up for Decades|Nico Hines|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They showed my mother, laughing on a terraced hill, land stitched with olive trees.
On Yom Kippur, Remember My Palestinian Mother|Samer Badawi|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Requiem for the Croppies” Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
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Within is the wide ring, sunk in a circular pit of terraced granite crowned by galleries.
Spanish Vistas|George Parsons Lathrop
San Antonio de Padua lacks the terraced towers and the pierced campanile.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California|George Wharton James
The ground consisted, for the most part, of terraced fields, commanded by strongly-built sangars.
Through Three Campaigns|G. A. Henty
Large handled and terraced basket bowl for sacred meal or water.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained|James Stevenson
He pointed to the upper end of the hollow, which was shut in by a wall of terraced rock and cliff.
Harley Greenoak's Charge|Bertram Mitford

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

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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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