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terrace

[ ter-uhs ]

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)

terraced, terracing.
  1. to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.

terrace

/ ˈɛə /

noun

  1. a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope
    1. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face
    2. ( cap when part of a street name )

      Grosvenor Terrace

  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
    1. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand
    2. the spectators themselves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٱ۲· adjective
  • ܲ·ٱ۲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of terrace1

1505–15; earlier terrasse < Middle French < Old Provençal terrassa < Vulgar Latin *ٱ峦, feminine of *ٱ峦ܲ. See terra, -aceous
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51Թ 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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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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Emergency services have declared a major incident following an explosion which destroyed a terraced property.

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He says we have "seen a similar journey" in recent years when it comes to homophobia on the terraces.

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Barry Dawson died when he was shot through a downstairs front window of his terraced house in Elm Street in Stanley on Saturday afternoon.

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