Look up: Terrace

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   Terrace
   a series of flat platforms of soil on the side of a hill, rising one above the other.
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   Terrace
   A horizontal or nearly horizontal natural or artificial topographic feature interrupting a steeper slop, sometimes occurring in a series.
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   Terrace
   An embankment or channel built across a slope, approximately on the contour, to prevent water off-run.
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   terrace
   [n] - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) 2. [n] - (British) a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face) 3. [v] - provide with a terrace, as of a house 4. [v] - make into terraces as for cultivation
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   Terrace
   Working level of an open quarry, usually numbered or lettered
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   terrace
   a complete series of terraces occupying a slope and either discharging runoff into an outlet channel or intercepting runoff and retaining it on the terraced land Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a spring which has built up at its mouth a series of terraces or basins,through deposition of material carried out of the earth in solution Category:...
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   Terrace
   a flat paved area next to the house, usually raised above the level of the garden below, down to which one descends via sets of steps. A terrace acts as an interface between the house and the garden.
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   Terrace
   Ter'race noun [ French terrasse (cf. Spanish terraza , Italian terrazza ), from Latin terra the earth, probably for tersa , originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch, English torrid , and thirst . See Thirst , and confer Fumitory , Inter , v. , Patterre , Terrier
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   Terrace
   Ter'race transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Terraced ; present participle & verbal noun Terracing .] To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. Sir H. Wotton. « Clermont's terraced height, and Esher's groves.» Thoms ...
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    terrace
    1. A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure. ... 2. A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one. ... 3. A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. ... 4. A street, or a row of house ...
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    terrace
    noun a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); `Grosvenor Terrace`
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    terrace
    bench noun a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
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    Terrace
    A `terrace` may refer to: *Terrace (agriculture), a leveled section of a hilly cultivated area, designed to slow or prevent the rapid run-on of irrigation water *Terrace (building) timm *Terrace deposit, geological term for a flat platform of land *Terrace (gardening), an element where a raised flat paved or gravelled section overlooks a prospect *Terraced house, a style of housing where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows *Terr...
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    Terrace
    • (v.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one. • (v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. • (v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. • (v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or...
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    terrace
    (from the article `beach`) ...tide height, and sediment composition and distribution. The following, however, constitute some of the profile elements that commonly occur. At ... Most striking scenically are the coasts with Holocene terraces undergoing tectonic uplift. Terraces of this sort, backed in successive steps by ... ...about ...
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    terrace
    terrace 1. A raised level place for walking, with a vertical or sloping front or sides faced with masonry, turf, or the like; especially, a raised walk in a garden, or a level surface formed in front of a house on naturally sloping ground, or on the bank of a river.2. A horizontal shelf or bench on the side of a hill, or sloping ground.3. A row of houses o...
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    Terrace
    An elevated surface above the existing level of a floodplain or shore that is created by stream or ocean wave erosion.
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    terrace
    
    1. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
    2. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
    
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    terrace
    terrace, a level field built on top of a hillslope into the floor of a deep valley to improve cultivation of crops. Terracing uses the runoff from the hill to increase soil retentiveness and arability and is often part of a larger irrigation system that includes canals. Although widespread in areas ...
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