terrace.
A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
Meaning & usage
A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
A platform that extends outwards from a building.
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.
A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
A street with such a group of houses in it.
A single house in such a group.
The standing area of a sports stadium.
The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
To provide something with a terrace.
To form something into a terrace.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
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