terrace
verbEtymology Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
1
To provide something with a terrace.
2
To form something into a terrace.
terrace
noun/ˈtɛɹəs/
Etymology Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
10 senses
- 1A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- 2A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- 3A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides…
- 4A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
- 5A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a…
- 6A street with such a group of houses in it.
- 7A single house in such a group.
- 8The standing area of a sports stadium.
- 9The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the…
- 10A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
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.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211:
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.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:
3
Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle 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.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
5
A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
6
A street with such a group of houses in it.
- The cameraman's pace slowed down as he approached what his mind said was where Sian lived. Like all the other houses in the street, it was a Victorian terrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street.2016, Jane Killick, Mind Power: Perceivers #4:
8
UK, In plural The standing area of a sports stadium.
9
India 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.
10
Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on a terrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on a terrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper.1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 337:
- The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.1966, The Armorial who is who:
1 more example
- 267); "Argent, on a terrace vert, a cannon mounted or, supporting a Bird of Paradise proper" [Rjevski and Yeropkin];2022 September 16, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, DigiCat:
- Synonyms
- terrasse
- Derived terms
- café terrace, Club Terrace, end of terrace, Hamlyn Terrace, microterrace, mid-terrace, Raymond Terrace, Spring Terrace, terrace chant, Terrace Creek, terraceless, terracelike, terracer, terracette, terraceward, terracewards, terracewise, terracework
- Related terms
- terra, terracotta, terrain, terrene, terrestrial, terrier, territorial, territory, patio