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terrace |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terrace \Ter"race\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terraced}; p. pr & vb n. {Terracing}.] To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as to terrace a garden, or a building. --Sir H. Wotton. Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves. --Thomson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terrace \Ter"race\, n. [F. terrasse (cf. Sp terraza It terrazza), fr L. terra the earth, probably for tersa, originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, E. torrid, and thirst. See {Thirst}, and cf {Fumitory}, {Inter}, v., {Patterre}, {Terrier}, {Trass}, {Tureen}, {Turmeric}.] 1. A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like whether designed for use or pleasure. 2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one 3. A flat roof to a house; as the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. 4. A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence any street, or row of houses. 5. (Geol.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea. Note: Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history. {Terrace epoch}. (Geol.) See {Drift epoch}, under {Drift}, a. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: terrace n 1: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence [syn: {patio}] 2: a shelf of rock with steep slopes above and below [syn: {bench}] v 1: provide with a terrace, as of a house [syn: {terrasse}] 2: make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
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