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Synonyms for terrace


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ter-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr əs

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Définition of terrace

Origin :
  • 1510s, "gallery, portico, balcony," later "flat, raised place for walking" (1570s), from Middle French terrace, from Old French terrasse "platform (built on or supported by a mound of earth)," from Vulgar Latin *terracea, fem. of *terraceus "earthen, earthy," from Latin terra "earth, land" (see terrain). As a natural formation in geology, attested from 1670s.
  • noun plateau
Example sentences :
  • He flung out of the room on to the terrace and strode away in a rage.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Below, on the terrace, Viviette was walking, and she filled his universe.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • You threw yourself at his head, you know you did, from Shepheard's terrace.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • There was the out-of-doors breakfast party, too, on the terrace at Shepheard's.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Watch them addressing ladies on the terrace: they scarcely ever bow.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • That was the news she had told my father alone that night on the terrace!
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The old man started, slipped, and fell down over the terrace.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • And out came old Wang from his terrace and watered his chrysanthemums.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I asked Charley one day, as we sauntered with our cigars on the terrace of the Adelphi.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Up there on the terrace—yes, they were all up there; they had sent her to fetch him.
  • Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth

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