terrace
IPA: tˈɛrʌs
noun
- A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- (agriculture) 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.
- (geology) A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
- 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 Britain) The standing area of a sports stadium.
- (chiefly 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.
- (heraldry) A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- A city in British Columbia, Canada
verb
- To provide something with a terrace.
- To form something into a terrace.
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