Terrace Definition

tĕrĭs
terraced, terraces, terracing
noun
terraces
A raised, flat mound of earth with sloping sides.
Webster's New World
A gallery, portico, or colonnade.
Webster's New World
A geologic formation of this nature.
Webster's New World
An unroofed, paved area, immediately adjacent to a house, etc. and usually overlooking a lawn or garden.
Webster's New World
Any of a series of flat platforms of earth with sloping sides, rising one above the other, as on a hillside.
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verb
terraced, terraces, terracing
To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.
American Heritage
To form into, lay out in, or surround with a terrace or terraces.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • terrasse
pronoun

A city in British Columbia, Canada.

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Other Word Forms of Terrace

Noun

Singular:
terrace
Plural:
terraces

Origin of Terrace

  • French from Old French from Old Provençal terrassa from Vulgar Latin terrācea feminine of *terrāceus earthen from Latin terra earth ters- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French terrasse

    From Wiktionary

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