n. | 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; | ||||
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.
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v. t. | 1. | To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: patio |
2. | terrace - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) Synonyms: bench | |
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" | |
Verb | 1. | terrace - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" Synonyms: terrasse |
2. | terrace - make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land" |