[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

terrace \ter"race\, v. t. imp.  p. p. terraced; p. pr.  vb.
   n. terracing.
   to form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace
   or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. --sir h.
   wotton.
   1913 webster

         clermont's terraced height, and esher's groves.
                                                  --thomson.
   1913 webster
see also:
terraced terracing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

terrace \ter"race\, n. f. terrasse cf. sp. terraza, it.
   terrazza, fr. l. terra the earth, probably for tersa,
   originally meaning, dry land, and akin to torrere to parch,
   e. torrid, and thirst. see thirst, and cf. fumitory,
   inter, v., patterre, terrier, trass, tureen,
   turmeric.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
      1913 webster

   3. a flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the oriental
      nations are covered with terraces.
      1913 webster

   4. a street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a
      hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
      1913 webster

   5. geol. a level plain, usually with a steep front,
      bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
      1913 webster

   note: many rivers are bordered by a series of terraces at
         different levels, indicating the flood plains at
         successive periods in their history.
         1913 webster

   terrace epoch. geol. see drift epoch, under drift, a.
      1913 webster
see also:
thirst fumitory inter patterre terrier trass 
tureen turmeric terrace epoch drift epoch drift 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

terrace
     n 1: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence syn: patio
     2: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity with steep
        slopes above and below syn: bench
     3: a row of houses built in a similar style and having common
        dividing walls or the street on which they face;
        "grosvenor terrace"
     v 1: provide a house with a terrace; "we terrassed the country
          house" syn: terrasse
     2: make into terraces as for cultivation; "the incas terraced
        their mountainous land"
see also:
patio bench terrasse 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

128 moby thesaurus words for "terrace":
   autobahn, us highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway,
   arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, balcony,
   belt highway, billiard table, blind alley, boulevard,
   bowling green, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, catafalque,
   causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road,
   county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dais, dead flat,
   dead level, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway,
   earth, emplacement, esplanade, estrade, expressway, flat, flatland,
   floor, freeway, gallery, gravel road, ground, heliport, highroad,
   highway, highways and byways, homaloid, horizontal,
   horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line,
   horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection,
   hustings, interstate highway, landing, landing pad, landing stage,
   lane, launching pad, ledge, level, level line, level plane,
   local road, main drag, main road, mean sea level, mews, motorway,
   parkway, parterre, pave, paved road, pike, place, plain, plane,
   plank road, platform, podium, prairie, primary highway,
   private road, pulpit, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed,
   roadway, rostrum, route nationale, row, royal road, sea level,
   sea of grass, secondary road, soapbox, speedway, stage,
   state highway, step terrace, steppe, street, stump, superhighway,
   table, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road,
   township road, tribunal, tribune, turnpike, water level, wynd

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