terrace

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  1. noun A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades.
  2. noun A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or apartment building.
  3. noun An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio.
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  • Chapter 9 Cs OMPARTIR the breakfast in the terrace was a very relaxed form to begin the day, and Danielle took a good one I suck of coffee while it let vagar his glance by the garden. —  New Document
  • Beneath the windows overlooking the terrace was a double sink and on the opposite wall twin ovens topped with a fearsomely professional-looking gas cook-top interrupted the smooth flow of the granite surface. —  MistressforaWeekend
  • This terrace was the scene of the morning fencing, when the clashing of foils and Sir Charles's shouts of laughter resounded to the neighbouring gardens. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
  • And here on the terrace was an unknown couple exchanging decidedly sharp words. —  The Sailors’ Rendezvous: A Maigret Mystery - Georges Simenon - **
  • Chapter Nine Sharing breakfast on the terrace was a relaxing way to kick-start the day, and Danielle took a generous sip of strong coffee as she let her gaze wander over the gardens. —  Helen Bianchin - The Wedding Ultimatum
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  1. French, from Old French, from Old Provençal terrassa, from Vulgar Latin *terrācea, feminine of *terrāceus, earthen, from Latin terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also terras, tarras, tarrasse; from Old French terrace, terrasse, a terrace, gallery, French terrasse, from Italian terraccia, terrazzo, a terrace, from terra, from Latin terra, earth, land: see terra.
  2. from terrace, n.
  3. Also terrass, terrasse, tarrace, tarris, tarras; = Middle Dutch terras, tiras, Dutch tras, rubbish, brick-dust, = German tarras, trass, from Italian terraccia, rubble, rubbish, from terra, earth: see terrace. Cf. trass.
 

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