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Terrace

noun

Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence. Synonym: patio.

A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below). Synonym: bench.

A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face).

verb

(past & past part. terraced; pres. part. terracing)

Provide (a house) with a terrace. Synonym: terrasse.

Make into terraces as for cultivation.

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"Terrace" Quotes from Famous Books

... Pain Bagh. Most royal Asiatic gardens have a Pain Bagh or lower terrace adorned with flowers, to which princes descend when they wish to ...

— Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes • Mir Amman of Dihli

... time she had passed the iron gates, mounted the drive, and set her foot upon the broad-flagged terrace, the night had come completely; the palace front was thick with lighted windows; and along the balustrade, the lamp on every twentieth baluster shone clear. A few withered tracks of sunset, amber and glow-worm green, still lingered in the western sky; and ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... down," said the magician; "at the foot of those steps you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your gown and go through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on until you come to a niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. Pour out the oil it contains, and bring it to me." He drew a ring from his finger and gave it ...

— The Blue Fairy Book • Various

... the bailiffs wife, entering abruptly, "from the terrace, we can see a steamer and a large ship nearly dismasted—they are drifting right upon the shore—the ship is firing ...

— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... floor, and above them, attic rooms sheathed in wood, which were fairly habitable. After examining the house rapidly, and observing that it was covered with trellises from top to bottom, on the side of the courtyard as well as on that to the garden,—which ended in a terrace overlooking the river and adorned with ...

— Ursula • Honore de Balzac

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