Terrace
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Noun
Terrace (plural Terraces)- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- 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.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
- (in the plural, chiefly UK) The standing area at a football ground.
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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.
Adjectives for Terrace
successive (pi); sloping; spacious; narrow; zigzag; beautiful; rounded; landscaped.
Thesaurus
Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, balcony, belt highway, billiard table, blind alley, boulevard, bowling green, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, catafalque, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dais, dead flat, dead level, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, earth, emplacement, esplanade, estrade, expressway, flat, flatland, floor, freeway, gallery, gravel road, ground, heliport, highroad, highway, highways and byways, homaloid, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, hustings, interstate highway, landing, landing pad, landing stage, lane, launching pad, ledge, level, level line, level plane, local road, main drag, main road, mean sea level, mews, motorway, parkway, parterre, pave, paved road, pike, place, plain, plane, plank road, platform, podium, prairie, primary highway, private road, pulpit, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, rostrum, route nationale, row, royal road, sea level, sea of grass, secondary road, soapbox, speedway, stage, state highway, step terrace, steppe, street, stump, superhighway, table, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, tribunal, tribune, turnpike, water level, wynd
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