TERRACE
\tˈɛɹɪs], \tˈɛɹɪs], \t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of TERRACE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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provide with a terrace, as of a house
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(British) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
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make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
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a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
By Princeton University
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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
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A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
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A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
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A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
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A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
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To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
By Oddity Software
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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
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A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
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A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
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A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
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A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
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To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A raised level bank of earth: any raised flat place: the flat roof of a house.
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To form into a terrace.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A raised level space or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall or bank of turf, or the like ;-the flat roof of a house;-a balcony or open gallery;-in architecture, an area before a building serving as a promenade;- also, a street in a town having a row of buildings on one side, and sloping ground usually planted with trees on the other.
