Terrace (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
  2. the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.
  3. a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.
  4. the flat roof of a house.
  5. an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck.
  6. an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony.
  7. a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.
  8. a residential street following the top of a slope.
verb (used with or without object), ter·raced, ter·rac·ing.
  1. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
noun
  1. 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)
  2. a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden
  3. a balcony or patio
  4. the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style
  5. a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion
  6. (usually plural)
    • unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
    • the spectators themselves
verb
  1. to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
Terrace (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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