terracenoun
uk/ˈter.əs/us/ˈter.əs/terrace noun (GROUND)
[ C ] a flat raised area
B2 a flat area of stone or grass outside a house, where people sit and sometimes eat
one of several narrow strips of land that are built like steps on the slope of a hill, used for growing crops on
wide steps on which people stand to watch a football match
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Parts of buildings: walls & parts of walls
- alcove
- balcony
- baseboard
- cavity wall
- chimney breast
- cubbyhole
- damp course
- drystone wall
- moulding
- niche
- pebbledash
- plasterboard
- recess
- sconce
- siding
- skirting board
- stall
- wallboard
- walled
- woodwork
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terrace noun (HOUSE)
[ C ] UK US row a row of often small houses joined together along their side walls
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- prefab
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- two-up two-down
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
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terraceverb [ T ]
uk/ˈter.əs/us/ˈter.əs/to build narrow strips of land on a slope so that people can plant crops there
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Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- cultivate
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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