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Definitions for Terracing
[1] something formed as a terrace.
[2] a system of terraces.
[3] the act or process of making terraces.
[4] 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.
[5] the top of such a construction, used as a platform, garden, road, etc.
[6] a nearly level strip of land with a more or less abrupt descent along the margin of the sea, a lake, or a river.
[7] the flat roof of a house.
[8] an open, often paved area connected to a house or an apartment house and serving as an outdoor living area; deck.
[9] an open platform, as projecting from the outside wall of an apartment; a large balcony.
[10] a row of houses on or near the top of a slope.
[11] a residential street following the top of a slope.
[12] to form into or furnish with a terrace or terraces.
[13] a series of terraces, esp one dividing a slope into a steplike system of flat narrow fields
[14] the act of making a terrace or terraces
[15] another name for terrace (def. 7a)
[16] a horizontal flat area of ground, often one of a series in a slope
[17] a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls, or the street onto which they face (cap when part of a street name ) Grosvenor Terrace
[18] a paved area alongside a building, serving partly as a garden
[19] a balcony or patio
[20] the flat roof of a house built in a Spanish or Oriental style
[21] a flat area bounded by a short steep slope formed by the down-cutting of a river or by erosion
[22] (usually plural) unroofed tiers around a football pitch on which the spectators stand the spectators themselves
[23] (tr) to make into or provide with a terrace or terraces
Words nearby Terracing
terra verde, terra-cotta, terrace, terraced house, terrachlor, terracing, terracotta, terraform, terraforming, terrain, terramara
Origin of Terracing
e1505–15; earlier terrasse < Middle French < Old Provençal terrassa < Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus. See terra, -aceous
Other words from Terracing
ter·race·less , adjective
un·ter·raced , adjective
Word origin for Terracing
eC16: from Old French terrasse, from Old Provençal terrassa pile of earth, from terra earth, from Latin