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ter·race T0119300 (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.]terraced (ˈtɛrəst) adj1. having horizontal flat areas of ground2. (Building) Brit (of a street) having a row of usually identical houses with common dividing walls3. (Building) Brit (of a property) being one of a row of usually identical houses with common dividing wallsTranslationsEncyclopediaSeeterrace |