terrace

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

patio

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