Terrace
noun
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- (1. a. A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades. b. A platform extending outdoors from a floor of a house or an apartment building. 2. An open, often paved area adjacent to a house serving as an outdoor living space; a patio. 3. A raised bank of earth having vertical or sloping sides and a flat top: turning a hillside into a series of ascending terraces for farming. 4. A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea. 5. a. A row of buildings erected on raised ground or on a sloping site. b. A section of row houses. c. A residential street on top of or climbing a slope. 6. A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street) ផ្ទៃរាបស្មើនៅជម្រាលភ្នំ, លានខ្ពស់ហើយរាបស្មើ
verb — past tense: terraced ; past participle: terraced ; present participle: terracing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces. 2. To form [a hillside or sloping lawn, for example] into terraces) ធ្វើអោយទៅជាថ្នាក់ៗ (នៅជម្រាលភ្នំរឺច្រាំង ។ល។)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
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- A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
- 3.
- A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
- 4.
- A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
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- A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
verb — past tense: terraced ; past participle: terraced ; present participle: terracing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.