terrace (noun)

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• terrace — noun 1 flat area of stone next to a restaurant, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ covered, outdoor ▪ shaded, sunny ▪ rear, upper ▪ raised …   Collocations dictionary

• terrace — ► NOUN 1) each of a series of flat areas on a slope, used for cultivation. 2) a patio. 3) chiefly Brit. a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style. 4) Brit. a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a… …   English terms dictionary

• terrace — noun (C) 1 HOUSES especially BrE a row of houses that are joined to each other, or a street with one of these rows in it: 21 Chestnut Terrace 2 PLACE YOU CAN SIT an area, especially next to a hotel or restaurant, where people can sit outside to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• terrace — noun 1》 a level paved area adjoining a building. 2》 each of a series of flat areas on a slope, used for cultivation.     ↘Brit. a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a stadium.     ↘Geology a natural horizontal …   English new terms dictionary

• terrace chant — noun chantiong a phrase, song, or words at a football match, or at another sports event …   Wiktionary

• terrace — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, platform, terrace, from Old French, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra earth, from Latin, earth, land; akin to Latin torrēre to parch more at thirst Date: 1515 1. a. a colonnaded porch or promenade b. a flat… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• terrace */*/ — UK [ˈterəs] / US noun [countable] Word forms terrace : singular terrace plural terraces 1) a) a row of houses all of the same type, built so that they join together b) British a terraced house 2) a flat area outside a house, restaurant, hotel etc …   English dictionary

• terrace house — terraced house or terrace house noun One of the houses forming a terrace • • • Main Entry: ↑terrace …   Useful english dictionary

• terrace — 1. noun /ˈtɛɹəs/ a) A platform that extends outwards from a building. b) A raised, flat topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar …   Wiktionary

• terrace — /ˈtɛrəs / (say teruhs) noun 1. a raised bank of earth with vertical or sloping sides, especially one of a series of flat levels formed across a slope, mountain side, etc., usually for the purposes of cultivation. 2. a nearly level strip of land… …  

• terrace house — /ˈtɛrəs haʊs/ (say teruhs hows) noun one of a group of houses built in a terrace (def. 4) …