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   terrace

   /ˈtɛrɪs/

   noun

   • 1. a level paved area next to a building; a patio: "breakfast is served on the terrace"
   • 2. each of a series of flat areas made on a slope, used for cultivation.
   • ▪ a flight of wide, shallow steps providing standing room for spectators in a stadium, especially a soccer ground. British
   • ▪ a natural horizontal shelflike formation, such as a raised beach.
   • 3. a row of houses built in one block in a uniform style: British "an attractive Regency terrace"
   • ▪ an individual house built as part of a row: "modern furniture looks out of place in your Victorian terrace"

   verb

   • 1. make or form (sloping land) into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps: "the slope had to be terraced"

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting an open gallery, later a platform or balcony in a theatre): from Old French, literally ‘rubble, platform’, based on Latin terra ‘earth’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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