terrace

1. 1.

   provide (a house) with a terrace

   “We terrassed the country house”

   Synonymsterrasse

   Broadersupply

   architecture

2. 2.

   make into terraces as for cultivation

   “The Incas terraced their mountainous land”

   Broadershape

Other forms of terrace

plural

terraces·

past tense

terraced·

present participle

terracing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about terrace

What does terrace mean?

terrace means "usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terrace?

terrace has 2 syllables: ter-race. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹəs/.

What is another word for terrace?

Close synonyms include patio, bench, terrasse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terrace a common word?

terrace is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.