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English noun: terrace | |||
| 1. | terrace (artifact) usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence | ||
| Synonyms | patio | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | area | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | solar trap, suntrap | ||
| Part meronym | garden | ||
| 2. | terrace (object) a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) | ||
| Synonyms | bench | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plateau, tableland | ||
| 3. | terrace (group) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) | ||
| Samples | Grosvenor Terrace. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | row | ||
| Member holonym | terraced house | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
English verb: terrace | |||
| 1. | terrace (possession) provide (a house) with a terrace | ||
| Samples | We terrassed the country house. | ||
| Synonyms | terrasse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
| 2. | terrace (change) make into terraces as for cultivation | ||
| Samples | The Incas terraced their mountainous land. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, shape | ||
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