terrace
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
geography
geology
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
natural-sciences
nobility
politics
Etymology: Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
Inflected forms:
form: terraces
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: terraces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: terracing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: terraced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: terraced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
pos: noun
examples: On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.
gloss: A platform that extends outwards from a building.
pos: noun
examples: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
gloss: A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
pos: noun
examples: All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things.
gloss: A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
pos: noun
gloss: A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
pos: noun
gloss: A street with such a group of houses in it.
pos: noun
gloss: A single house in such a group.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
examples: The cameraman's pace slowed down as he approached what his mind said was where Sian lived. Like all the other houses in the street, it was a Victorian terrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street.
gloss: The standing area of a sports stadium.
pos: noun
tags: UK
in-plural
gloss: The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
pos: noun
examples: VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on a terrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on a terrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper.
The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.
267); "Argent, on a terrace vert, a cannon mounted or, supporting a Bird of Paradise proper" [Rjevski and Yeropkin];
gloss: To provide something with a terrace.
pos: verb
gloss: To form something into a terrace.
pos: verb
Synonyms: terrasse
Related words: terra
terracotta
terrain
terrene
terrestrial
terrier
territorial
territory
patio
Derived words: café terrace
Club Terrace
end of terrace
Hamlyn Terrace
microterrace
mid-terrace
Raymond Terrace
Spring Terrace
terrace chant
Terrace Creek
terraceless
terracelike
terracer
terracette
terraceward
terracewards
terracewise
terracework
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