terrace

Meanings

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. 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.

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

1. A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.
2. A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.

Etymology

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