Terrace
WordNet
noun
(1) Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
(2) A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
"Grosvenor Terrace"
(3) A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
verb
(4) Make into terraces as for cultivation
"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
(5) Provide (a house) with a terrace
"We terrassed the country house"
WiktionaryText
English
Noun
- 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.
- The standing area at a football ground.
Related terms
Verb
- To provide something with a terrace.
- To form something into a terrace.