Meaning

10 senses
  1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment

    Dachterrasse

  2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.

    Terrasse

    терра́саterrása

    тера́саterása

  3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

    Terrasse, Ackerterrasse, Reisterrasse

    тера́саterása

  4. A step-like landform; (sometimes) remnants of floodplains.

    тера́саterása

  5. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.

    Häuserreihe, Häuserflucht, Reihenhausstraße

  6. A street with such a group of houses in it.

  7. (UK, informal)A single house in such a group.

  8. (UK, in the plural)The standing area of a sports stadium.

    Stehtribüne, Stehplätze

  9. (India)The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

    Dachterrasse

  10. A champagne, (an ordinary occupying) the base of the shield.

More definitions
  • a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
  • a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
  • usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence

Examples

45 sentences
  1. Let's go out on the terrace.

    ruВыйдем на террасу.

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  2. Why don't we go out on the terrace?

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  3. Tom and Mary ate lunch on a terrace overlooking the sea.

    deTom und Maria nahmen auf einer Terrasse mit Meerblick das Mittagessen ein.

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  4. Could we have a table on the terrace?

    Можна нам столик на терассі?

    deKönnten wir einen Tisch auf die Terrasse bekommen?

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  5. I live in a terraced house.

    deIch wohne in einem Reihenhaus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
platform that extends outwards from a building:
Русский
By meaning 1
platform that extends outwards from a building:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
flat open area on the topmost floor:
platform that extends outwards from a building:
(agriculture) raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides:
row of connected residential houses:
standing area at a football ground:

Origin

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, fro

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

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Forms

plural: terraces
Singularterrace
Pluralterraces

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below):bench
  • usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence:patio

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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