| terrace | 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. <geology> A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea. Many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at different levels, indicating the flood plains at successive periods in their history. Terrace epoch. <geology> See Drift epoch, under Drift. Origin: 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, Patterre, Terrier, Trass, Tureen, Turmeric. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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patio: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace" make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
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French terrassa "stepped area" Stepped area, which is made by fresh water, which slams into the rock of cushion or into the stream deposit dumped on its own.
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00904/eng/szoj.htm
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1. An unroofed, paved area immediately adjacent to a house, often overlooking a yard or garden. 2. Sloping ground that has been carved into flat, stair-like sections.
Ãâó: www.peakagents.ca/glossary/t4.htm
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1). Bench-like portions of a former flat river floodplain left at higher levels by the downcutting action of a river; alluvial terraces and river terraces are generally considered as synonymous.2). An artificially leveled field or series of fields made on sloping land.
Ãâó: www.knowledgebank.irri.org/glossary/Glossary/T.htm
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A broad channel, bench, or embankment constructed across the slope to intercept runoff and detain or channel it to protected outlets, thereby reducing erosion from agricultural areas.
Ãâó: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossar2.htm
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| terrace | usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence |
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| terrace | (British) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) |
| terrace | a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) |
| terrace | make into terraces as for cultivation |
| terrace | provide with a terrace, as of a house |
| terrace | (British) a house that is part of a terrace |
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