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Meaning of terrace | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈtɛɹəs

Definitions

  1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
  2. A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A platform that extends outwards from a building
  4. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
  5. A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains
  9. A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
  10. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses
  11. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
  12. A street with such a group of houses in it.
  13. A single house in such a group.
    UK, informal
  14. The standing area of a sports stadium.
    British, in-plural
  15. 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.
    India
  16. A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.

Equivalents

العربية الشرفة
Български веранда тера́са
Català feixa filera grada terrassa terrat
Čeština terasa
Dansk terrasse
Esperanto teraso
فارسی تراس کرت
Gaeilge ardán
Galego bancal socalco
ગુજરાતી અગાશી ગચ્છી
Bahasa Indonesia teras
Italiano altana terrazza
Kurdî şekî teraş
Latina solarium
Македонски тераса
Polski taras terasa
Română terasă
Svenska terrass
Tagalog asotea
Türkçe seki teras
Українська тераса
Tiếng Việt hiên sân thượng

Examples

“On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces.”
“They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.”
“All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things.”
“The cameraman's pace slowed down as he approached what his mind said was where Sian lived. Like all the other houses in the street, it was a Victorian terrace with a postage stamp of an overgrown garden between its front wall and the street.”
“VAN GENNEP uses, Or, on a terrace vert a tulip gules, slipped proper and crowned of the first; LOKE in Zealand has : Argent , on a terrace vert a tulip or, slipped and leaved proper.”
“The whole upon a terrace gules. CREST : A coronet of nobility of five pearls. MOTTO : Omnia Pro Libertate.”
“267); "Argent, on a terrace vert, a cannon mounted or, supporting a Bird of Paradise proper" [Rjevski and Yeropkin];”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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