terrace en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɛɹəs/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
Meanings
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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:
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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:
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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.
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(UK, informal) 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:
- (UK, in-plural) The standing area of a sports stadium.
- (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.
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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 337:267); "Argent, on a terrace vert, a cannon mounted or, supporting a Bird of Paradise proper" [Rjevski and Yeropkin];
2022 September 16, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, DigiCat:The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.
1966, The Armorial who is who:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| terraces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
alluvial terrace · terrace house · terracer · Spring Terrace · terracewards · Club Terrace · terrace chant · terracework · terraceless · mid-terrace · café terrace · terraceward · terracette · terracewise · terracelike · Terrace Creek · end of terrace · Hamlyn Terrace · Raymond Terrace · microterrace
Descendants
Relateds
terrier · patio · terrestrial · territorial · terrene · terracotta · terrain · territory · terra
Synonyms
terracing · terrasse · terraced house
Translations (136)
hu (futball-)lelátó (standing area at a football ground) · id teras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Dachterrasse (flat open area on the topmost floor) · hu tábla ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · fi terassi ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · la sōlārium (platform that extends outwards from a building) · he מדרגה (platform that extends outwards from a building) · tl asotea (platform that extends outwards from a building) · ca terrassa (platform that extends outwards from a building) · af terras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · cy teras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Häuserreihe (row of connected residential houses) · ca terrat (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · pt poio ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · fi seisomakatsomo (standing area at a football ground) · it altana (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · ga ardán (row of connected residential houses) · de Terrasse ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · gl bancal ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · gu અગાશી (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · dsb terasa (platform that extends outwards from a building) · el αναβαθμός ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · bg тераса ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · de Stehplätze (standing area at a football ground) · fi rantapenger ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · ca filera (row of connected residential houses) · gu અગાશી (platform that extends outwards from a building) · pl taras ((geology) step-like landform) · mk тераса (flat open area on the topmost floor) · hu sziklaterasz ((geology) step-like landform) · pt socalco ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · es azotea (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · cs terasa (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Reisterrasse ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · hu terasz ((geology) step-like landform) · ro terasă ((geology) step-like landform) · pt (casas em) banda (row of connected residential houses) · fr terrasse (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Häuserflucht (row of connected residential houses) · ru терра́са (platform that extends outwards from a building) · ca grada (standing area at a football ground) · ro terasă (platform that extends outwards from a building) · gl socalco ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · fi terassi (platform that extends outwards from a building) · el ταράτσα (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · hu folyóterasz ((geology) step-like landform) · nl terras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · ro terasă (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · bg веранда (flat open area on the topmost floor) · sv terrass (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Terrasse (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fa کرت ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · fr toit-terrasse (flat open area on the topmost floor) · fr gradins (standing area at a football ground) · de Reihenhausviertel (row of connected residential houses) · crh sofa (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Dachterrasse (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · he אכסדרה (platform that extends outwards from a building) · de Stehtribüne (standing area at a football ground) · da terrasse (platform that extends outwards from a building) · kea baranku ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · ota تراچه ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · hu kavicsterasz ((geology) step-like landform) · pt terraço (platform that extends outwards from a building) · csb terasa (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fa تراس (platform that extends outwards from a building) · pl rząd szeregówek (row of connected residential houses) · fi rivitalo (row of connected residential houses) · pt terraço ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · pl terasa ((geology) step-like landform) · sv terrass ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · bg редица еднотипни къщи (row of connected residential houses) · gu ગચ્છી (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · eo teraso (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fi pengermä ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · apc برندة (platform that extends outwards from a building) · mi upane ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · gl terrazo (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hu terasz ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · el πεζούλα ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · ms teres (platform that extends outwards from a building) · swb ɓanara (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · ro terasă ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · bg тераса (platform that extends outwards from a building) · pt terrado (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hu tetőterasz (flat open area on the topmost floor) · de Ackerterrasse ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · pl taras (flat open area on the topmost floor) · tr teras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · kea barrónke ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · hu gyepterasz ((geology) step-like landform) · cmn 露臺 /露台 (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hu sorház (row of connected residential houses) · hu tetőterasz (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · ca feixa ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · bg плосък покрив (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · mi whakahua ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · de Reihenhausstraße (row of connected residential houses) · bg тераса (flat open area on the topmost floor) · hy տաղավար (platform that extends outwards from a building) · ota سد ((geology) step-like landform) · hu tornác (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fi pengerviljelmä ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · vi sân thượng (platform that extends outwards from a building) · ro terasă (flat open area on the topmost floor) · fi kattotasanne (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · apc ڤرندة (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hu erkély (platform that extends outwards from a building) · es terrado (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fi tasanne ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · nl terrassen (platform that extends outwards from a building) · uk тера́са ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · rif taẓeqqa (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · it terrazza (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fr terrasse ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · pl taras (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hy պատշգամբ (platform that extends outwards from a building) · pl terasa ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · id sengked ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · tr seki ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · uk тера́са (platform that extends outwards from a building) · pl taras ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · mi parehua ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · es bancal ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · es terraza (platform that extends outwards from a building) · fr terrasse (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · pl taras (standing area at a football ground) · fi kattoterassi (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents) · ota تراچه (flat open area on the topmost floor) · vi hiên (platform that extends outwards from a building) · uk тера́са ((geology) step-like landform) · ga lochtán (platform that extends outwards from a building) · he מרפסת (platform that extends outwards from a building) · hu terasz (platform that extends outwards from a building) · mk тераса ((agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides) · pl taras (roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents)