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terrace
[ter-uhs]
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)
to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
terrace
/ ˈɛə /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- terraceless adjective
- unterraced adjective
- ˈٱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of terrace1
Example Sentences
From the roof terrace of one of the neighbours' flats the proximity to the stadium is plain to see.
But switching from a gas boiler to a heat pump is expensive and not straightforward if you live in one of England's six million terraced homes.
"You'll never walk alone," the statement concluded, referencing the club's famous terrace anthem.
Many Tiger Bay families were eventually able to move back to the area but it was forever changed, the rows of terraces replaced by a council estate of high rise flats and maisonettes.
Perhaps nowhere in the city is more ready than to celebrate than a terrace of seven properties along Queens Drive, as it passes through Stoneycroft.
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