TERRACE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

make into terraces as for cultivation

Example: The Incas terraced their mountainous land

Categories: Shape, Form

• Terraces were used in ancient farming to grow crops on hillsides — they helped prevent soil erosion.

Part of speech: Noun

a row of houses built in a similar style and having common dividing walls (or the street on which they face)

Example: Grosvenor Terrace

Categories: Row

Part of speech: Verb

provide (a house) with a terrace

Example: We terrassed the country house

Categories: Supply, Provide, Render, Furnish

The word "terrace" comes from Old Occitan terrassa, which was borrowed from French terrasse.

terrasse – A related word in the same word family.

Many English words entered through French but originally came from Latin, Arabic, or even Persian.