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terrace
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)
- A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
- A platform that extends outwards from a building.
- 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.
- A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
- (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
- (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
- (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)
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See also
- patio
Verb
terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)
- To provide something with a terrace.
- To form something into a terrace.
Translations
Anagrams
- caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace
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territory
English
Etymology
Latin territorium from terra (“the earth”) and -torium (“place of occurrence”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t????t??i/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t???t(?)?i/
Noun
territory (countable and uncountable, plural territories)
- A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
- (Canada) One of three of Canada's federated entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
- (Australia) One of three of Australia's federated entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory.
- A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.
- (ecology) An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
- (sports and games) The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
- A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
- A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
- A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
- An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
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