terrace

Definition

A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Example Sentences

• "On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin. Higher up was a cistern and a few more terraces."
• "They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups."
• "All the buildings were well kept and there were terraces everywhere, most of them full of growing things."

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