terrace

Meaning

Noun

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. 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.
4. A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
5. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
6. A street with such a group of houses in it.
7. (informal) A single house in such a group.
8. The standing area of a sports stadium.
9. The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
10. A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.

Verb

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Synonyms

porch

balcony

bench

platform

veranda

patio

courtyard

tower

portico

awning

lookout

verandah

terrasse

gallery

bank

🏦

deck

embankment

layer

loggia

roof

stage

step

lawn

level table

ledge

terrace land

edge

mound

open

corridor

pavilion

perron

concavity

plot

colonnade

cliff

projection

prune

terrace field

roof terrace

shelf

shore

side

slanted

slope

square

open platform

mount in base

stratum

street

table

tier

brae

berm

beer garden

vestibule

yard

surface plate

bed

🛏️

sidewalk cafe

flatbase

flatform

depression

open passage

deep sea terrace

submarine platform

lofty house

stair step

upper storey

outdoor platform

plain stage

floor

flat

gradate

green

hollow

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛɹəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.