Terrace
['terəs] or ['tɛrəs]
Definition
(noun.) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); 'Grosvenor Terrace'.
(noun.) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below).
(verb.) make into terraces as for cultivation; 'The Incas terraced their mountainous land'.
(verb.) provide (a house) with a terrace; 'We terrassed the country house'.
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Definition
(v.) 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.
(v.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
(v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
(v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
(v.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
(v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Plateau, esplanade.
Edited by Amber
Definition
n. a raised level bank of earth: any raised flat place: the flat roof of a house:—pl. (geol.) comparatively level strips of land near the sea lakes or rivers with a sharp descent at the edge towards the water showing an ancient water-level.—v.t. to form into a terrace.
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Examples
- Hearing voices on the terrace below, I looked out of window, and saw the two gentlemen walking up and down together. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Towards sunset that evening I stood again on the well-remembered terrace, and looked once more at the peaceful old country house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They both rose, and slowly paced a green natural terrace bordering the chasm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- City there; terrace gardens blushing with the bella donna. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Large glass doors at the lower end opened on to a terrace, beautifully ornamented along its whole length with a profusion of flowers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Can you hear the sound upon the terrace, through the music, and the beat, and everything? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs Dengelton and Eunice awaited them on the terrace, and they were soon seated round the well-spread table. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We will go straight to Whitehall Terrace and bring the matter to a head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He went off laughing quietly; and Eunice, leaning on the balustrade of the terrace, stared at the wonderful beauty of the sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Answering for my daughter, I said, Mr. Franklin is on the terrace, miss. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They know--and shall know--nothing of Whitehall Terrace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Godolphin Street, Westminster, is only a few minutes' walk from Whitehall Terrace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Green lawns with flower-beds are before the terrace, and the whole is encircled by the park. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As she sat, on the Saturday afternoon, on the terrace at Bellomont, she smiled at Mrs. Trenor's fear that she might go too fast. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There were three ponds, in terraces descending the valley, large and smooth and beautiful, lying in the sun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In this way he led me on, till we reached a colony of shops outside the western terraces of the Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Since this time handsome additions in the shape of marble terraces on the west front have added greatly to the beauty and apparent size of the building. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Biting, and striking with his huge hands, he killed and maimed a dozen ere the balance could escape to the upper terraces of the forest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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