terrace B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtɛɹəs/ See IPA manual Freq #7722 Meanings 1 noun A flat, usually paved outdoor area next to a house or restaurant. We had dinner on the terrace, watching the sun go down. 2 noun A raised, flat strip of land with sloping sides, often used for farming on a hillside. Rice is grown on terraces cut into the steep mountainsides. 3 noun A row of similar houses joined together by shared walls. They live in a Victorian terrace near the station. 4 verb To shape land into a series of flat levels for farming. The Incas terraced the steep hillsides to grow their crops. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a flat, usually paved... patio 3 noun · a row of similar houses... terraced house More terrasse Word family Forms terracedterracesterracing Derived forms mid-terrace Related forms patioterraterracottaterrainterreneterrestrialterrierterritorialterritory Etymology AI details Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse. *ters- Proto-Indo-European terrasse French terrassa pro View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # terrace **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈtɛɹəs/ **Frequency rank:** 7722 ## Meanings 1. A flat, usually paved outdoor area next to a house or restaurant. 2. A raised, flat strip of land with sloping sides, often used for farming on a hillside. 3. A row of similar houses joined together by shared walls. 4. To shape land into a series of flat levels for farming. ## Examples - We had dinner on the terrace, watching the sun go down. - Rice is grown on terraces cut into the steep mountainsides. - They live in a Victorian terrace near the station. - The Incas terraced the steep hillsides to grow their crops. ## Synonyms - terrasse ## Derived Forms - mid-terrace ## Related Forms - patio - terra - terracotta - terrain - terrene - terrestrial - terrier - territorial - territory ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ters- - Root: terrasse - Root: terrassa ## Etymology Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse. ## AI Etymology Terrace is borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse. In present-day use, it can mean a flat, usually paved outdoor area next to a house or restaurant, or a raised, flat strip of land with sloping sides, often used for farming on a hillside. Derived formations include mid-terrace. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown