terrace
/ˈtɛɹəs/
terrace noun: a flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment.
Noun
terrace (plural terraces)
- A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, 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.1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9
- 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.
- All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210
- A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
- A street with such a group of houses in it.
- A single house in such a group.
- 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 Victorian terrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street.2016, Jane Killick, Mind Power: Perceivers #4
- Synonyms:
- terraced house
- The standing area of a sports stadium.
- Synonyms:
- terracing
- 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.
- A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
- VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on a terrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on a terrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper.1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 337
- The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.1966, The Armorial who is who
Verb
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.
Proper noun capitalized: Terrace
Terrace
- A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.
- A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
terrace meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
terrace in Hindi
- terrace
- वीथी vīthī
terrace in Tamil
- படி அடுக்கு மேடை, மொட்டை மாடி, மேல் தளம், திடல் நடை, படிவரிசை, மலைச்சரிவு
terrace in Marathi
- टेरेस, गच्ची
terrace in Urdu
- بام, چبوترا, چھت, مہتابی
More languagesFewer languages
- terrace in Bengali
- চত্বর, দেহলি, ভবনশ্রেণী
- terrace in Telugu
- వేదిక vēdika
- terrace in Malayalam
- മേട, പുറന്തിണ്ണ, മട്ടുപ്പാവ്
- terrace in Kannada
- ಬಿಸಿಲು ಮಚ್ಚು, ಮಚ್ಚು, ಗೃಹಪಂಕ್ತಿ, ಸಾಲುಮನೆಗಳು
- terrace in Punjabi
- ਟੈਰੇਸ
- terrace in Gujarati
- અગાશી agāśī, ગચ્છી gacchī
- terrace in Odia
- ଟେରେସ୍
- terrace in Nepali
- टेरेस
- terrace in Tagalog
- asotea
- terrace in Malay
- teres
- terrace in Indonesian
- teras, sengked
- terrace in Persian
- تراس terâs, کرت kart
- terrace in Vietnamese
- hiên, sân thượng
Examples of terrace in a sentence
- I'll start on the lowest flight of the terrace, you start at the top.
- The flight of terraces extended up fifty meters from the base.
- Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?
Synonyms of terrace
Forms of terrace
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | terraces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | terraces |
| present participle | terracing |
| past participle | terraced |
| past | terraced |
Origin of terrace
Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
Words formed from terrace
Phrases with terrace
Words that rhyme with terrace
Questions about terrace
- What does terrace mean?
- Terrace means a flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment.
- What is terrace in Hindi?
- Terrace in Hindi is वीथी (vīthī). See Terrace meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is terrace?
- Terrace can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce terrace?
- Terrace is pronounced /ˈtɛɹəs/.
- What is the plural of terrace?
- The plural of terrace is terraces.
Words near terrace in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: terrace (page history and authors); Terrace (page history and authors); वीथी (Hindi) (page history and authors); terrace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrace (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); terrace (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrace (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వేదిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); terrace (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrace (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); terrace (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); terrace (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); terrace (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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