different between terrace vs premises

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

Alternative forms

• præmises (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??m?si?z/, IPA^(key): /?p??m?s?s/

Etymology 1

See premise

Noun

premises pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
2. (law, plural only) The subject of a conveyance or deed

Derived terms

• on-premises

Translations

References

• premises on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

premises

1. plural of premise

Anagrams

• emprises, impreses, impresse, mesprise, spiremes