Definition of Terrace

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Terrace

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.

A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.

A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.

A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.

To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.

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Terrace Quotations

They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.
Johnny Vegas

But Portugal has a peaceful feel about it. I sit on the terrace overlooking the vineyard there and I feel cut off from the world. You need that sort of thing.
Cliff Richard

When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace.
John McCarthy

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.
Jean Giraudoux

Terrace Translations

terrace in Dutch is terras
terrace in French is terrasse
terrace in German is Terrasse
terrace in Hungarian is terasz
terrace in Spanish is terraza
terrace in Swedish is terrassera, husrad, terass

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