terrace
ter·race / ˈteris/ • n. 1. a level paved area or platform next to a building; a patio or veranda. ∎ each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation. ∎ Geol. a natural horizontal shelflike formation, such as a raised beach.2. chiefly Brit. a block of row houses. ∎ a row house.• v. [tr.] make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps.
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terrace.
1. Embankment or prepared and levelled mass of earth in e.g. a garden.
2. Any artificial or built level platform for promenading, with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, etc., and sometimes having a balustrade, often adjacent to a coun-try-house.
3. One of several platforms, as on a hillside or in a stadium, furnished with seats.
4. Loggia or external usable space, e.g. roof-garden.
5. Series of houses joined together in one row, as in the Georgian terraces of the British Isles.
1. Embankment or prepared and levelled mass of earth in e.g. a garden.
2. Any artificial or built level platform for promenading, with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, etc., and sometimes having a balustrade, often adjacent to a coun-try-house.
3. One of several platforms, as on a hillside or in a stadium, furnished with seats.
4. Loggia or external usable space, e.g. roof-garden.
5. Series of houses joined together in one row, as in the Georgian terraces of the British Isles.
Bibliography
S. Muthesius (1982)
terrace
terrace A nearly flat portion of a landscape which is terminated by a steep edge. It may be produced by any one of a range of processes, so the following varieties are recognized: altiplanation terrace, kame terrace, river terrace, shore platform, and solifluction terrace.
terrace
terrace A nearly flat portion of a landscape, terminated by a steep edge. It may be produced by any one of a range of processes, so the following varieties are recognized: altiplanation terrace, kame terrace, river terrace, shore platform, and solifluction terrace.
terrace
terrace †gallery, balcony; raised level walk. XVI. — OF. terrace, (also mod.) -asse †rubble, platform :- Rom. *terrāceus, -ācea, f. L. terra earth; see -ACEOUS.
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