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A city in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, British Columbia, Canada.
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A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
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A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
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A platform that extends outwards from a building.
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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.
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Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
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A street with such a group of houses in it.
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A single house in such a group.
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Usage: UK, informal
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Synonyms: terraced house
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The standing area of a sports stadium.
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Usage: UK, in-plural
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Synonyms: terracing
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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.
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Usage: India
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A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.
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Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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To provide something with a terrace.
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To form something into a terrace.
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usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
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Synonyms: patio
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Broader terms: area
Narrower terms: suntrap, solar trap
a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
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a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
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Synonyms: bench
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Broader terms: tableland, plateau
make into terraces as for cultivation
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The Incas terraced their mountainous land
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provide (a house) with a terrace
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We terrassed the country house
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Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.
Across languages
Translations 143 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
тераса
(terasa)
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Bulgarian :
веранда
(veranda)
— flat open area on the topmost floor
French :
toit-terrasse
— flat open area on the topmost floor
German :
Dachterrasse
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Hungarian :
tetőterasz
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Macedonian :
тераса
(terasa)
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Romanian :
terasă
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Ottoman Turkish :
تراچه
(taraça)
— flat open area on the topmost floor
Afrikaans :
terras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Arabic :
ڤرندة
(varanda)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Arabic :
برندة
(baranda)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Armenian :
պատշգամբ
(patšgamb)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Armenian :
տաղավար
(taġavar)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Bulgarian :
тераса
(terasa)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Catalan :
terrassa
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Chinese Mandarin :
露臺 /露台
(lùtái)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Crimean Tatar :
sofa
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Czech :
terasa
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Danish :
terrasse
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Dutch :
terras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Dutch :
terrassen
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Esperanto :
teraso
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Finnish :
terassi
— platform that extends outwards from a building
French :
terrasse
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Galician :
terrazo
— platform that extends outwards from a building
German :
Terrasse
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Gujarati :
અગાશી
(agāśī)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hebrew :
אכסדרה
(akhsadrá)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hebrew :
מרפסת
(mirpéset)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hebrew :
מדרגה
(madregá)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hungarian :
terasz
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hungarian :
erkély
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Hungarian :
tornác
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Indonesian :
teras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Irish :
lochtán
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Italian :
terrazza
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Kashubian :
terasa
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Latin :
sōlārium
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Malay :
teres
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Persian :
تراس
(terâs)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Polish :
taras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Portuguese :
terraço
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Portuguese :
terrado
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Romanian :
terasă
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Russian :
терра́са
(terrása)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Lower Sorbian :
terasa
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Spanish :
terraza
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Spanish :
terrado
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Swedish :
terrass
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Tagalog :
asotea
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Turkish :
teras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Ukrainian :
тера́са
(terása)
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Vietnamese :
hiên
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Vietnamese :
sân thượng
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Welsh :
teras
— platform that extends outwards from a building
Bulgarian :
тераса
(terasa)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Catalan :
feixa
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Finnish :
pengermä
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Finnish :
tasanne
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Finnish :
terassi
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Finnish :
pengerviljelmä
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Finnish :
rantapenger
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
French :
terrasse
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Galician :
socalco
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Galician :
bancal
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
German :
Terrasse
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
German :
Ackerterrasse
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
German :
Reisterrasse
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Greek :
αναβαθμός
(anavathmós)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Greek :
πεζούλα
(pezoúla)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Hungarian :
terasz
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Hungarian :
tábla
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Indonesian :
sengked
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Kabuverdianu :
baranku
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Kabuverdianu :
barrónke
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Macedonian :
тераса
(terasa)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Māori :
parehua
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Māori :
upane
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Māori :
whakahua
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Persian :
کرت
(kart)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Polish :
taras
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Polish :
terasa
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Portuguese :
terraço
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Portuguese :
poio
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Portuguese :
socalco
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Romanian :
terasă
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Spanish :
bancal
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Swedish :
terrass
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Turkish :
seki
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Ottoman Turkish :
تراچه
(taraça)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Ukrainian :
тера́са
(terása)
— (agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides
Hungarian :
terasz
— (geology) step-like landform
Hungarian :
sziklaterasz
— (geology) step-like landform
Hungarian :
kavicsterasz
— (geology) step-like landform
Hungarian :
folyóterasz
— (geology) step-like landform
Hungarian :
gyepterasz
— (geology) step-like landform
Romanian :
terasă
— (geology) step-like landform
Ottoman Turkish :
سد
(sedd)
— (geology) step-like landform
Ukrainian :
тера́са
(terása)
— (geology) step-like landform
Bulgarian :
редица еднотипни къщи
(redica ednotipni kǎšti)
— row of connected residential houses
Catalan :
filera
— row of connected residential houses
Finnish :
rivitalo
— row of connected residential houses
German :
Häuserreihe
— row of connected residential houses
German :
Häuserflucht
— row of connected residential houses
German :
Reihenhausstraße
— row of connected residential houses
German :
Reihenhausviertel
— row of connected residential houses
Hungarian :
sorház
— row of connected residential houses
Irish :
ardán
— row of connected residential houses
Portuguese :
(casas em) banda
— row of connected residential houses
Catalan :
grada
— standing area at a football ground
Finnish :
seisomakatsomo
— standing area at a football ground
French :
gradins
— standing area at a football ground
German :
Stehtribüne
— standing area at a football ground
German :
Stehplätze
— standing area at a football ground
Hungarian :
(futball-)lelátó
(állóhelyes)
— standing area at a football ground
Polish :
taras
— standing area at a football ground
Bulgarian :
плосък покрив
(plosǎk pokriv)
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Catalan :
terrat
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Maore Comorian :
ɓanara
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Finnish :
kattoterassi
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Finnish :
kattotasanne
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
French :
terrasse
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
German :
Dachterrasse
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Greek :
ταράτσα
(tarátsa)
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Gujarati :
અગાશી
(agāśī)
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Gujarati :
ગચ્છી
(gacchī)
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Hungarian :
tetőterasz
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Italian :
altana
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Polish :
tasas
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Romanian :
terasă
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Spanish :
azotea
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Tarifit :
taẓeqqa
— roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents
Dutch :
een terras aanleggen
— to provide with a terrace
Finnish :
rakentaa terassi
— to provide with a terrace
Finnish :
pengertää
— to provide with a terrace
Romanian :
terasa
— to provide with a terrace
Russian :
устра́ивать в виде террасы
(ustráivatʹ v vide terrasy)
— to provide with a terrace
Russian :
террасировать
(terrasirovatʹ)
— to provide with a terrace
Spanish :
terraplenar
— to provide with a terrace
Bulgarian :
терасирам
(terasiram)
— to form something into a terrace
Finnish :
pengertää
— to form something into a terrace
Romanian :
terasa
— to form something into a terrace
Swedish :
terrassera
— to form something into a terrace
