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s] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -raced, -rac·ing.

–noun

1.	a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, esp. one of a series of levels rising one above another.

2.	the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.

3.	a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.

4.	the flat roof of a house.

5.	an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck.

6.	an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony.

7.	a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.

8.	a residential street following the top of a slope.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

9.	to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.

[Origin: 1505–15; earlier terrasse < MF < OPr terrassa < VL *terrācea, fem. of *terrāceus. See terra, -aceous

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—Related forms

ter·race·less, adjective

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park·ing Audio Help (pär'kĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act or practice of temporarily leaving a vehicle or maneuvering a vehicle into a certain location.
Space in which to park vehicles or a vehicle: ample parking behind the building.
Upper Midwest & Western U.S. The grass strip, often planted with shade trees, between a sidewalk and a street. Also called regionally boulevard, boulevard strip, grassplot, neutral ground, parking strip, parkway, terrace, tree belt, tree lawn.
Slang Kissing or caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.

To the majority of Americans, the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street is called simply the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street. However, in some parts of the country, it has acquired specific names. In the Midwest and West, it is often called the parking or parkway, and in Washington State it is the parking strip, according to the survey conducted by the Dictionary of American Regional English. In the Upper Midwest, it is also known as the boulevard or boulevard strip; around the Great Lakes and in the Midwest, it is sometimes a terrace; around the Great Lakes and in especially northeastern Ohio, it is also called a tree lawn. In Massachusetts it is a tree belt; in the Atlantic states, sometimes a grassplot; and in Louisiana and Mississippi, neutral ground. Some of these words are also used for the grassy strip in the middle of a street or highway. See Note at neutral ground.

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ter·race Audio Help (těr'ĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.
2. A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.
3. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.
4. A section of row houses.
5. Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially on a slope or hill.
An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.
A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top: turning a hillside into a series of ascending terraces for farming.
A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea.
1. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site.
2. A section of row houses.
3. Abbr. Ter. or Terr. A residential street, especially on a slope or hill.
A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street.
Chiefly Upper Northern & Midwestern U.S. See parking. See Regional Note at parking.

tr.v. ter·raced, ter·rac·ing, ter·rac·es

To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces.
To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces.

[French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

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terrace

1515, "gallery, portico, balcony," later "flat, raised place for walking" (1575), from M.Fr. terrace, from O.Fr. terrasse "platform (built on or supported by a mound of earth)," from V.L. *terracea, fem. of *terraceus "earthen, earthy," from L. terra "earth, land" (see terrain). As a natural formation in geology, attested from 1674.

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terrace
noun
1.	usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence [syn: patio]
2.	a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
3.	a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
verb
1.	provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"
2.	make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"

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terrace1 [ˈterəs] noun

(one of a number of) raised level banks of earth etc, like large steps, on the side of a hill etc
Example: Vines are grown on terraces on the hillside.

Arabic:	مُدَرَّجات زِراعِيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	台地，梯田
Chinese (Traditional):	臺地，梯田
Czech:	terasa
Danish:	terrasse
Dutch:	terras
Estonian:	terrass, astang
Finnish:	penger
French:	terrasse
German:	die Terrasse
Greek:	πεζούλα, σκαλί (σε πλαγιά)
Hungarian:	terasz
Icelandic:	stallur, hjallur
Indonesian:	teras
Italian:	terrazza

Japanese:	段丘
Korean:	계단식 대지(臺地)
Latvian:	terase
Lithuanian:	terasa
Norwegian:	terrasse, avsats
Polish:	taras
Portuguese (Brazil):	terraço
Portuguese (Portugal):	socalco
Romanian:	terasă
Russian:	терраса
Slovak:	terasa
Slovenian:	terasa
Spanish:	terraza, bancal
Swedish:	terrass
Turkish:	set, teras

terrace2 [ˈterəs] noun

a row of houses connected to each other

Arabic:	صَف من المَنازِل مُلْتَصِق كلٌّ منها بالآخَر
Chinese (Simplified):	排房
Chinese (Traditional):	排房
Czech:	řada domů
Danish:	rækkehuse
Dutch:	aaneengesloten huizenrij
Estonian:	ridamaja
Finnish:	rivitalo
French:	rangée de maisons
German:	die Häuserreihe
Greek:	σειρά κολλητών σπιτιών
Hungarian:	sorházak
Icelandic:	(rað)húsaröð
Indonesian:	deretan rumah yang saling berhubungan
Italian:	(fila di case a schiera)

Japanese:	連続住宅
Korean:	테라스
Latvian:	māju rinda
Lithuanian:	namų eilė
Norwegian:	rekkehus
Polish:	szeregowiec
Portuguese (Brazil):	fileira de casas
Portuguese (Portugal):	renque
Romanian:	rând de case
Russian:	ряд домов
Slovak:	radová zástavba
Slovenian:	vrstne hiše
Spanish:	hilera de casas
Swedish:	husrad
Turkish:	sıra evler

terrace [ˈterəs] verb

to make into a terrace or terraces
Example: The hillside has been terraced to make new vineyards.

Arabic:	يُدَرِّج
Chinese (Simplified):	使成梯田
Chinese (Traditional):	使成梯田
Czech:	terasovitě upravit
Danish:	inddele i terrasser
Dutch:	terrassen aanleggen
Estonian:	astanguliseks tegema, tasandama
Finnish:	pengertää
French:	arranger en terrasses
German:	terrassenförmig anlegen
Greek:	χωρίζω σε βαθμίδες
Hungarian:	teraszosan kiképez
Icelandic:	mynda hjalla, *stalla
Indonesian:	membuat berteras
Italian:	terrazzare

Japanese:	段丘状にする
Korean:	계단식 대지로 만들다
Latvian:	izveidot terasi
Lithuanian:	(kur) padaryti terasas
Norwegian:	anlegge i terrasser
Polish:	uformować w taras(y)
Portuguese (Brazil):	construir terraços
Portuguese (Portugal):	arranjar em socalcos
Romanian:	a amenaja în terase
Russian:	террасировать
Slovak:	terasovito upraviť
Slovenian:	narediti terase
Spanish:	terraplenar; aterrazar; adosar (casas)
Swedish:	anlägga i terrasser
Turkish:	set yapmak

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Terrace Park, OH (village, FIPS 76428) Location: 39.15795 N, 84.31212 W
Population (1990): 2133 (784 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45174

Terrace Heights, WA (CDP, FIPS 70805) Location: 46.60597 N, 120.43768 W
Population (1990): 4223 (1680 housing units)
Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98901

Custer Terrace, GA Zip code(s): 31905

Grand Terrace, CA (city, FIPS 30658) Location: 34.03057 N, 117.31448 W
Population (1990): 10946 (4059 housing units)
Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 92324

Islip Terrace, NY (CDP, FIPS 38022) Location: 40.74864 N, 73.18686 W
Population (1990): 5530 (1667 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 11752

Tarawa Terrace, NC Zip code(s): 28543

Woodson Terrace, MO (city, FIPS 80962) Location: 38.72840 N, 90.36014 W
Population (1990): 4362 (1812 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Temple Terrace, FL (city, FIPS 71400) Location: 28.04245 N, 82.38220 W
Population (1990): 16444 (6850 housing units)
Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Washington Terrace, UT (city, FIPS 82070) Location: 41.17005 N, 111.97951 W
Population (1990): 8189 (2898 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Oakbrook Terrace, IL (city, FIPS 54560) Location: 41.85333 N, 87.96869 W
Population (1990): 1907 (867 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Mountlake Terrace, WA (city, FIPS 47490) Location: 47.79120 N, 122.30665 W
Population (1990): 19320 (7854 housing units)
Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

Juniata Terrace, PA (borough, FIPS 38640) Location: 40.58417 N, 77.57457 W
Population (1990): 556 (250 housing units)
Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Coral Terrace, FL (CDP, FIPS 14412) Location: 25.74565 N, 80.30475 W
Population (1990): 23255 (7789 housing units)
Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Vinita Terrace, MO (village, FIPS 76264) Location: 38.68495 N, 90.32967 W
Population (1990): 338 (141 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sun River Terrace, IL (village, FIPS 73943) Location: 41.12648 N, 87.73460 W
Population (1990): 532 (182 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace, FL (CDP, FIPS 5025) Location: 30.18015 N, 81.74360 W
Population (1990): 15606 (6170 housing units)
Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Terrace

Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See Fume, and Terrace.] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic.

Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice.

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Terrace

In*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interred; p. pr. & vb. n. Interring.] [OE. enteren, OF. enterer, enterrer, LL. interrare; L. pref. in- in + terra the earth. See Terrace.] To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body. --Shak.

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