patio, terrace
(noun) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
terrace
(noun) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); “Grosvenor Terrace”
terrace, bench
(noun) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
terrace
(verb) make into terraces as for cultivation; “The Incas terraced their mountainous land”
terrace, terrasse
(verb) provide (a house) with a terrace; “We terrassed the country house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Terrace
A city in British Columbia, Canada
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terrace (plural terraces)
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 row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
(UK, informal) A single house in such a group.
(in the plural, chiefly, British) The standing area at a football ground.
(chiefly, Indian English) 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.
terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)
To provide something with a terrace.
To form something into a terrace.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ter"race, n. Etym: [F. terrasse (cf. Sp. terraza, It. terrazza), fr. L. terra the earth, probably for tersa, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, E. torrid, and thirst. See Thirst, and cf. Fumitory, Inter, v., Patterre, Terrier, Trass, Tureen, Turmeric.]
1. 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.
2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
3. A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
4. A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
5. (Geol.)
Definition: A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
Note: Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history. Terrace epoch. (Geol.) See Drift epoch, under Drift, a.
Ter"race, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terraced; p. pr. & vb. n. Terracing.]
Definition: To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. Sir H. Wotton. Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
