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terrace
has definitions from the fields of architecture,geography
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[ noun ] (architecture) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
Synonyms Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)A scant half_mile away Shelley and Mary were doubtless sitting on their diminutive terrace , the air about them scented with stock , and listening to the nightingale who had nested in the big lime_tree at the foot of the garden . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Sitting on her terrace , sitting in her parlor , sitting anywhere , she ground_an_axe of self-esteem . |
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[ verb ] provide (a house) with a terrace
Synonyms Examples "We terrassed the country house" Related terms |
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[ verb ] make into terraces as for cultivation
Examples "The Incas terraced their mountainous land" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
Examples "Grosvenor Terrace" Related terms |
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