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TERRACE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

Synonyms:

patio; terrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("terrace" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "terrace"):

solar trap; suntrap (a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds)

Holonyms ("terrace" is a part of...):

garden (a yard or lawn adjoining a house)

Derivation:

terrace (provide (a house) with a terrace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)

Example:

Grosvenor Terrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("terrace" is a kind of...):

row (an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line)

Meronyms (members of "terrace"):

terraced house (a house that is part of a terrace)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Synonyms:

bench; terrace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("terrace" is a kind of...):

plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)

Derivation:

terrace (make into terraces as for cultivation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into terraces as for cultivation

Example:

The Incas terraced their mountainous land

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "terrace" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

terrace (a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide (a house) with a terrace

Example:

We terrassed the country house

Synonyms:

terrace; terrasse

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "terrace" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

terrace (usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The lawn, bounded on each side by a high wall, contained beyond the first planted area a bowling-green, and beyond the bowling-green a long terrace walk, backed by iron palisades, and commanding a view over them into the tops of the trees of the wilderness immediately adjoining.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"This is a regular honeymoon paradise, isn't it? Did you ever see such roses?" asked Amy, pausing on the terrace to enjoy the view, and a luxurious whiff of perfume that came wandering by.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They had strolled out on to the terrace again, and along it to the further end where at a touch from the Baron’s chauffeur the great car shivered and chuckled.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He mentioned a terrace at the western end of Oxford Street, fronting Hyde Park, on which he had always had his eye, but which he did not expect to attain immediately, as it would require a large establishment.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

On reaching the bottom of the steps to the terrace, Mrs. Rushworth and Mrs. Norris presented themselves at the top, just ready for the wilderness, at the end of an hour and a half from their leaving the house.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Roses covered the walls of the house, draped the cornices, climbed the pillars, and ran riot over the balustrade of the wide terrace, whence one looked down on the sunny Mediterranean, and the white-walled city on its shore.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Instantly he gave an exclamation of satisfaction, strapped up the valise, shut the safe, locked it, and hurried out on to the terrace.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My scattered senses were soon collected as to that point, if I had; for I came to a stop in the Kent Road, at a terrace with a piece of water before it, and a great foolish image in the middle, blowing a dry shell.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mr. Crawford was soon followed by Miss Bertram and Mr. Rushworth; and when, after a little time, the others began to form into parties, these three were found in busy consultation on the terrace by Edmund, Miss Crawford, and Fanny, who seemed as naturally to unite, and who, after a short participation of their regrets and difficulties, left them and walked on.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She never had much to show when she came home, but was studying nature, I dare say, while she sat for hours, with her hands folded, on the terrace at Valrosa, or absently sketched any fancy that occurred to her, a stalwart knight carved on a tomb, a young man asleep in the grass, with his hat over his eyes, or a curly haired girl in gorgeous array, promenading down a ballroom on the arm of a tall gentleman, both faces being left a blur according to the last fashion in art, which was safe but not altogether satisfactory.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)