terrace

/tˈɛɹəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
2. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
3. a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)
   “Grosvenor Terrace”

verb

1. provide (a house) with a terrace
   “We terrassed the country house”
2. make into terraces as for cultivation
   “The Incas terraced their mountainous land”

Synonyms for terrace

• patio
• bench
• terrasse

Words that rhyme with terrace

• embarrass
• ferrous
• heiress
• ahasuerus
• calveras
• cerus
• derose
• marous
• meris
• nonferrous
• peras