terraceless
əs noun
1.
a raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like, especially 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.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
9.
to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
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Terraceless
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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terrace (ˈtɛrəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope |
| 2. | a. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face |
| b. (cap when part of a street name): Grosvenor Terrace | |
| 3. | a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden |
| 4. | a balcony or patio |
| 5. | the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style |
| 6. | a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion |
| 7. | (usually plural) |
| a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand | |
| b. the spectators themselves | |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces |
| [C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin] | |
| 'terraceless | |
| —adj | |
| terrace (ˈtɛrəs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope |
| 2. | a. a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face |
| b. (cap when part of a street name): Grosvenor Terrace | |
| 3. | a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden |
| 4. | a balcony or patio |
| 5. | the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style |
| 6. | a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion |
| 7. | (usually plural) |
| a. unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand | |
| b. the spectators themselves | |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces |
| [C16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin] | |
| 'terraceless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Medical Dictionary
terrace ter·race (těr'ĭs)
v. ter·raced, ter·rac·ing, ter·rac·es
To suture in several rows, as when closing a wound through a considerable thickness of tissue.
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