Dictionary Check: terrace
"terrace" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence
noun
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
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"
verb
provide (a house) with a terrace
Example:
"We terrassed the country house"
verb
make into terraces as for cultivation
Example:
"The Incas terraced their mountainous land"
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