terrace
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ter·race
(tĕr′ĭs)n.
1.
a. A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.
b. A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.
2. An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.
3. A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top: turning a hillside into a series of ascending terraces for farming.
4. A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea.
5.
a. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.
b. A section of row houses.
c. Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially along the top or slope of a hill.
6. A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street.
tr.v. ter·raced, ter·rac·ing, ter·rac·es
1. To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.
2. To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces.
[French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]
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terrace
(ˈtɛrəs)n
1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope
2. (Building)
a. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face
b. (cap when part of a street name): Grosvenor Terrace.
3. (Building) a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden
4. (Architecture) a balcony or patio
5. (Architecture) the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style
6. (Physical Geography) a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion
7. (Soccer) (usually plural)
a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
b. the spectators themselves
8. (Rugby) (usually plural)
a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
b. the spectators themselves
vb
(Building) (tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
[C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin]
ˈterraceless adj
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ter•race
(ˈtɛr əs)n., v. -raced, -rac•ing. n.
1. a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another.
2. the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.
3. a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.
4. an open, often paved area connected to a house or apartment building and serving as an outdoor living area; patio.
5. a platform projecting from an outside wall, as of an apartment; balcony.
6. the flat roof of a house.
7. a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.
8. a residential street following the top of a slope.
v.t. 9. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
[1505–15; earlier terrasse < Middle French < Old Provençal terrassa < Vulgar Latin *terrācea. See terra]
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Terrace
a series of things, especially houses.Examples: living terrace of crippled children, 1896; terraces of gravel (geology), 1878; of houses (e.g., Adelphi Terrace), 1796.
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terrace
Past participle: terraced
Gerund: terracing
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Noun | 1. | terrace - usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants" garden - a yard or lawn adjoining a house solar trap, suntrap - a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds |
2. | terrace - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | |
3. | terrace - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace" terraced house - a house that is part of a terrace row - an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
Verb | 1. | terrace - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" architecture - the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
2. | terrace - make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land" |
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terrace
[ˈterəs]B. VT [+ hillside, garden] → construir terrazas en, terraplenar
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terrace
(ˈterəs) noun1. (one of a number of) raised level banks of earth etc, like large steps, on the side of a hill etc. Vines are grown on terraces on the hillside.terraza, bancal
2. a row of houses connected to each other. hilera de casas
verb to make into a terrace or terraces. The hillside has been terraced to make new vineyards.terraplenar; aterrazar; adosar
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