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terraced

terraced is the simple past and past participle of terrace.

Meaning of terrace

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

  1. To provide something with a terrace.
  2. To form something into a terrace.

See all 14 meanings of terrace

Adjective

terraced (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or being a terraced house, or a number of them.
    • All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes...1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449

Words formed from terraced

Phrases with terraced

Questions about terraced

What does terraced mean?
Terraced means of, relating to, or being a terraced house, or a number of them.
What is terraced the simple past and past participle of?
Terraced is the simple past and past participle of terrace.
What part of speech is terraced?
Terraced is an adjective.

Words near terraced in the dictionary

  1. terrace
  2. terrace chant
  3. terrace chants
  4. Terrace Creek
  5. terrace house
  6. terraced
  7. terraced house
  8. terraced houses
  9. terraceless
  10. terracelike
  11. terraceous

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