Noun: terrace te-rus- Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- patio - A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- bench - [Brit] A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
"Grosvenor Terrace" Verb: terrace te-rus- (architecture) provide (a house) with a terrace
"We terraced the country house"; - terrasse - Make into terraces as for cultivation
"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
Derived forms: terraced, terracing, terraces Type of: area, form, furnish, plateau, provide, render, row, shape, supply, tableland Part of: garden Encyclopedia: Terrace, Briitish Columbia Terrace, BC Terrace Terrace, British Columbia Terrace, house extention Terrace, house extension Terrace, Utah |