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View usage for: (terɪs) Word forms: plural terraces1. countable nounA terrace is a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls. [British] ...a terrace of stylish Victorian houses. [+ of] ...3 Queensborough Terrace. 2. countable nounA terrace is a flat area of stone or grass next to a building where people can sit. Some guests recline in lounge chairs on the sea-facing terrace. 3. countable noun [usually plural]Terraces are a series of flat areas built like steps on the side of a hill so that crops can be grown there. ...massive terraces of maize and millet carved into the mountainside like giant steps. [+ of] 4. plural nounThe terraces at a football ground are wide steps that people can stand on when they are watching a game. [British] terrace in British English (ˈtɛrəs) noun1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope 2. 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. a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden 5. the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style 6. a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion 7. (usually plural)a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand b. the spectators themselves verb8. (transitive) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces Derived forms terraceless (ˈterraceless) adjective Word origin C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin terrace in American English (ˈtɛrəs) noun1. a. a raised, flat mound of earth with sloping sides b. any of a series of flat platforms of earth with sloping sides, rising one above the other, as on a hillside c. a geologic formation of this nature 2. an unroofed, paved area, immediately adjacent to a house, etc. and usually overlooking a lawn or garden 3. a. a gallery, portico, or colonnade b. a usually spacious veranda; piazza 4. a small, usually roofed balcony, as outside an apartment 5. a flat roof, esp. of a house of Spanish or Middle Eastern architecture 6. a. a line of houses, esp. of row houses, on ground raised from the street b. a street in front of such houses often used in street names 7. US a parklike strip in the middle of a boulevard, etc. verb transitiveWord forms: ˈterraced or ˈterracing8. to form into, lay out in, or surround with a terrace or terraces Word origin OFr, walled platform, orig., mound of earth < It terrazzo < terra < L, terra COBUILD Collocationsterrace outdoor terrace rooftop terrace shaded terrace sunny terrace Examples of 'terrace' in a sentenceterrace In other languagesterrace British English: terrace / ˈtɛrəs/ NOUN A terrace is a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls. ...a terrace of stylish Victorian houses. - American English: terrace
- Arabic: صَفُّ الـمَنَازِل
- Brazilian Portuguese: terraço
- Chinese: 成排的房屋
- Croatian: terasa
- Czech: řadové domky
- Danish: terrasse
- Dutch: aaneengesloten huizenrij
- European Spanish: terraza
- Finnish: terassi
- French: terrasse
- German: Terrasse
- Greek: πεζούλι
- Italian: terrazza
- Japanese: テラスハウス
- Korean: 테라스
- Norwegian: terrasse
- Polish: taras
- European Portuguese: terraço
- Romanian: case înșiruite
- Russian: терраса
- Latin American Spanish: terraza
- Swedish: terrass
- Thai: ระเบียง
- Turkish: teras
- Ukrainian: ряд будинків уздовж вулиці
- Vietnamese: dãy nhà
All related terms of 'terrace'Chinese translation of 'terrace' n (c) - (Brit, = row of houses)
成排的房屋 (chéngpái de fángwū) (排, pái) - (= patio)
平台(臺) (píngtái) (个(個), gè) - (Agr)
梯田 (tītián) (块(塊), kuài)
Derived Forms terraces n pl (Brit) (Sport): the terraces 球场(場)看台(臺) (qiúchǎng kàntái) (个(個), gè) |