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nouna level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
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nounusually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
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verbprovide (a house) with a terrace
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nouna row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)type of:
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"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"verbmake into terraces as for cultivation
Definition that contains terrace
- terrace provide (a house) with a terrace
- terrace make into terraces as for cultivation
- ziggurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
- terrasse provide (a house) with a terrace
- solar trap a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
- zikkurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
- terraced house a house that is part of a terrace
- zikurat a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
- suntrap a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds
- hanging gardens of babylon a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC