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terrace

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English

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terrace

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The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchterrasse, fromOld Occitanterrassa, fromterra(“land”).Doublet ofterrasse.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹəs/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Rhymes:-ɛɹəs

Noun

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terrace (pluralterraces)

Or, on aterrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first — Van Gennep (see quote).

A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- 1989,Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, inImago, page211:
  On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few moreterraces.
Aplatform that extends outwards from abuilding.
- 1909 September 9,Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, inThe Squire’s Daughter, London:Methuen & Co. […],→OCLC, page 9:
  They stayed together during three dances, went out on to theterrace, 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.
(agriculture) Araised,flat-toppedbank ofearth withslopingsides, especially one of aseries forfarming orleisure; a similarnatural area ofground, often next to ariver.
- 1989,Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, inImago, page210:
  All the buildings were well kept and there wereterraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things.
(geology) Astep-like landform; (sometimes) remnants offloodplains.
Hyponyms:fluvial terrace,kame terrace,marine terrace,lacustrine terrace,structural terrace,travertine terrace
Arow ofresidential houses with nogaps between them; a group ofrow houses.
Astreet with such a group of houses in it.
(UK, informal) A single house in such a group.
Synonym:terraced house
- 2016, Jane Killick,Mind Power: Perceivers #4:
  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 Victorianterrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street.
(in theplural, chiefly British) Thestanding area of asports stadium.
Synonym:terracing
(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) Achampagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett,A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page337:
  VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on aterrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on aterrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper.
- 1966,The Armorial who is who:
  The whole upon aterrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.
- 2022 September 16, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies,A Complete Guide to Heraldry, DigiCat:
  267); "Argent, on aterrace vert, a cannon mounted or, supporting a Bird of Paradise proper" [Rjevski and Yeropkin];