what does terrace mean?
TERRACE as NOUN
- Meaning
- usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
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- Meaning
- a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
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Hypernyms(s) terrace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
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Hypernyms(s) terrace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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TERRACE as VERB
- Meaning
- make into terraces as for cultivation
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- The Incas terraced their mountainous land
Hypernyms(s) terrace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- provide (a house) with a terrace
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- We terrassed the country house
Hypernyms(s) terrace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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