different between terrace vs outdoor

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace

English

Etymology

From out- +? door.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?t?d??/

Adjective

outdoor (not comparable)

1. Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: out-of-door, outside

   Antonyms: indoor, inside
2. Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. [from 19th c.]
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 395:

     Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.

Derived terms

• outdoor education
• outdoor play

Related terms

• outdoors

Descendants

• ? German: Outdoor
• ? Japanese: ????? (autodoa)
• ? Portuguese: outdoor
• ? Spanish: outdoor

Translations

Verb

outdoor (third-person singular simple present outdoors, present participle outdooring, simple past and past participle outdoored)

1. (in some African communities) To publicly display a child after it has been named

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Further reading

• outdoor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English outdoor.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awt??.?d??/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /awt.?(ð)???/

Noun

outdoor m (plural outdoors)

1. billboard (very large advertisement along the side of a road)

Spanish

Etymology

From English outdoor.

Adjective

outdoor (invariable)

1. outdoor