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terraces

 
Noun terrace has 3 senses
  1. patio, terrace - usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
    --1 is a kind of area
    --1 is a part of garden
    --1 has particulars: suntrap, solar trap
    Derived form: verb terrace1
  2. terrace, bench - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
    --2 is a kind of tableland, plateau
    Derived form: verb terrace2
  3. terrace - a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor Terrace"
    --3 is a kind of
    row
    --3 has member: terraced house
Verb terrace has 2 senses
  1. terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"
    --1 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
    Derived form: noun terrace1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. terrace - make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
    --2 is one way to
    shape, form
    Derived form: noun terrace2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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