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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)
terraced, terracing.
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ٱ۲· adjective
- ܲ·ٱ۲ adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terrace1
C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin
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Here the streets of Victorian terraced houses are home to large multi-generational families or have been divided into flats.
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Mr Wharmsby, who lives in the town, was captured on video emerging from the partially collapsed terraced house.
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One terraced house was destroyed and two more partially collapsed in the blast.
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One terraced house was destroyed and two more partially collapsed.
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Disruption was expected around the scene for some time after one terraced house was destroyed and two more partially collapsed.
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