terrace

UK /ˈtɛɹəs/ US /ˈtɛɹəs/
noun 5verb 2name 2

Definitions

noun

1

A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment

On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.

2

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

3

A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things.

4

A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.

5

A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.

verb

1

To provide something with a terrace.

2

To form something into a terrace.

name

1

A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.

2

A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.

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