
Terrace
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Definition of the noun terrace
What does terrace mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: terraces
- usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonym of terrace: patio
- more generic word: area = a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
- more specific terms: solar trap / suntrap = a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
- part of: garden = a yard or lawn adjoining a house
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- lexical domain: Natural Objects - nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
- synonym of terrace: bench
- more generic words: plateau / tableland = a relatively flat highland
- a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
- example: Grosvenor Terrace
- region: Britain / Great Britain / U.K. / UK / United Kingdom / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- lexical domain: Groups - nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
- more generic word: row = an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
- member: terraced house = a house that is part of a terrace
Alternative definition of the noun terrace
noun
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
- [in the plural, chiefly British] The standing area at a football ground.
Definition of the verb terrace
What does terrace mean as a doing word?
verb - inflections: terraced | terracing | terraces
- provide (a house) with a terrace
- domain: architecture
- lexical domain: Possession - verbs of buying, selling, owning
- synonym of terrace: terrasse
- more generic words: furnish / provide / render / supply = give something useful or necessary to
- make into terraces as for cultivation
Places
- Terrace is a city on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada. The Kitselas people, a tribe of the Tsimshian Nation, have lived in the Terrace area for thousands of years. The community population fell between 2001 and 2006 from 12,109 with a regional population of 19,980 to 11,320 and regional of 18,581. The 2011 census showed that the community population had fallen further to 11,486. The community is the regional retail and service hub for the northwestern portion of British Columbia. The administrative offices of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District are also located in Terrace.
- also known as Terrace, British Columbia; Terrace, Canada
- part of Canada, British Columbia, Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
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- Terrace is a ghost town, located in the Great Salt Lake Desert in west-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The town was established April 1, 1869 as a Central Pacific Railroad "division point", on the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad and included a 16 stall roundhouse and an 8 track switchyard. Terrace was dependent on the railroad throughout its history.
- also known as Terrace, Utah
- part of Box Elder County, Utah
There are other places with in their name, like Bay Terrace, Oak Terrace, Terrace Bay, Lake Terrace, Pine Terrace, Rose Terrace, Terrace Hill, Terrace Park, Terrace View, York Terrace, Grand Terrace, Islip Terrace, Jones Terrace, Rayon Terrace, River Terrace, golden terrace, Summit Terrace, Sunset Terrace, Vinita Terrace.
Phrases with Terrace
Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Terrace
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The Horner Site (2016)
The Type Site of the Cody Cultural Complex by George C. Frison, Lawrence C. Todd
The Cody Terrace is a Pleistocene "fill terrace" on bedrock (Moss and Bonini 1961), composed of coarse gravels of probable Pleistocene age,
The Inward Garden (2007)
Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning by Julie Moir Messervy
As a pausing place between inside and outside, a terrace is a pool of space that is both part of the house and part of its...
A Complete Course in Geography (1875)
Physical, Industrial, and Political : with a Special Geography for Each State by William Swinton
The first terrace is the coast plain, extending from 25 to 60 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. It consists mainly of fertile lowlands...
Soil survey (1966)
by United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, United States. Soil Conservation Service, United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service
terrace is a combination of a ridge and channel built across the slope to divert or stop the flow of water. Terraces are used to control erosion, to conserve moisture, and to serve as guidelines for contour farming. They are most effective on ...
The Builder's Dictionary: Or, Gentleman and Architect's Companion (1734)
Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art in All the Several Parts of Architecture, But Also Containing the Theory and Practice ...
The Terrace is a Breast- Work, usually lin'd and breasted with a strong Wall; incompliance with the natural Inequality of the Ground. Sometimes it is made in Talus, or astopc, and cover'd with Turf. Counter TERRACE, is a Terrace rais'd over ...
Soil Survey of Antelope County, Nebraska (1978)
The level terrace is an earth embankment or a ridge and channel constructed across the slope at suitable spacing and at no grade. The ends of the level terrace are closed so that as much water as possible is held in the soil. Examples of soils ...
A topographical dictionary of Ireland (1840)
comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs corporate, market, and post towns, parishes and villages ... : With an appendix describing the electoral boundaries of the several bouroughs as defined by the act of the 2d. and 3d. of William IV. by Samuel Lewis
terrace is an extensive panoramic view of the Middle and Lower lakes, with the surrounding scenery ; and at a moderate elevation above the river is a beautiful round tower with projecting battlements, resembling an ancient water tower, which ...
The Beauties of England and Wales (1801)
Or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley
Beyond the terrace is a pleasant valley, consisting of about twenty acres, called the Lavender Farm, exclusively appropriated to the cultivation of that herb, and separated by a line of shrubs from a steep and rugged ravine, where the high road ...
Time Out New York (2012)
by Editors of Time Out
A short bus ride west along Richmond Terrace is the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, set in the 83-acre grounds of a former sailors' home. The Staten Island Zoo, adjacent to the Clove Lakes Park, has a rainforest and one of the East Coast's ...
Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. (2008)
by Vincent Terrace
Vincent Terrace. called the Knights of the Broken Thorn. The only other character from the original program is Sergeant Garcia. The new series introduces several additional characters: Esmeralda, Moncada's widowed sister, the girl with whom ...
Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
by Eric Bird
⊡ Flat-topped cliffs and stacks indicate the coastal terrace at Ten Mile River. (Courtesy Geostudies.) shoreline erosion is extensive, possibly as a result of the stabilisation and dredging of the entrance to allow ships access to Eureka.
Encyclopedia of Ecology (2014)
Nonincised stream Surface 3 Surface 3 Hydrologic floodplain Terrace carp S Surface 1 Surface 2 Surface 2 Surface 2 Surface 1 Bankfull channel (b) Incised stream (early widening phase) Surface 3 Surface 3 Hydrologic floodplain Terrace ...
Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition [2 volumes] (2009)
Second Edition by Marc Bekoff
Similar ASL projects were started with other great apes, such as the gorilla Koko by Francine Patterson, the chimpanzee Nim by Herbert Terrace, and the orangutan Chantek by Lyn Miles. Different communication methods were used as well.
The Universal Gardener and Botanist: Or, A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany ... The Second Edition. Carefully Revised ... and Very Much Enlarged, Etc (1797)
by Thomas MAWE (and ABERCROMBIE (John) Horticulturist.)
Terrace was carried almost all round the outmoderately-raised walk, sometimes extending || And in its formation all the...
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Kalemegdan terrace.
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Terrace as it looked about 1985. It was sold to Jim's Towing and torndown in 1988.
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Cardiff - Terrace Houses
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Bethesda Terrace
Central Park Walk Sep 10th.
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Mountainside terrace
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Terrace town
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Terrace falls
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Monona Terrace
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Checkboard Terrace
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Vegetable garden terrace
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Terrace Downs
When is a Green not Green ? when it's all white
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Bethesda Terrace
Central Park Walk Sep 10th.
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Georgian Terrace Roof
Fitness Center at Georgian Terrace is on the roof. View from windows
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Terrace Downs
Photo credit: Francis Vallance (Heritage Warrior)
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OMG Strange sounds and city's explanation sparks speculation - Terrace BC Canada 8 29 2013
Residents of Terrace, British Columbia, Canada woke recently at 7:30 AM to strange loud grinding and whining noises that lasted 10 minutes. Kimberly Wookey ...
Terrace Meaning
Video shows what terrace means. A platform that extends outwards from a building.. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a ...
Serrano Terrace live 2015: Meaning of Freedom
Video from Serrano Terrace's first live performance in Zurich, Switzerland, may 29th 2015. Song: Meaning of Freedom (almost complete). Special thanks to ...
#THnews Eating out takes on new meaning at Farmer's Daughter terrace in Blue Bell.
Terrace chant Meaning
Video shows what terrace chant means. A phrase or song chanted at a football match or other sports event.. Terrace chant Meaning. How to pronounce ...
VOCABULARY IN 20 LANGUAGES = terrace cropping
Terrace Burns at The Language Shop's Eighth Anniversary Celebration
Brief description of 305 Cobb Terrace in Brighton, New York by Rome Celli
Different Language Terrace Party
Different Language Terrace Party - Hull's biggest daytime party hosted on the Lamp terrace in Hull, playing the best in minimal techno.
Different Language Terrace Party at Lamp!
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
ESL DRAMA On The Terrace Opening
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
Different Language Boxing Day Terrace Party
The Different Language Boxing Day Terrace Party down at the Lamp in Hull.
Different Language Boxing Day Terrace Party
Different Language Terrace Party - August 2007
Mazda on the terrace enjoying and talking baby language
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Quotes about Terrace
They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day. (Johnny Vegas)
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Scrabble value of T1E1R1R1A1C3E1
The value of this 7-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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