terrace
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈtɛrəs/
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terraza agrícola
- The farmers have rejected the narrow-based terrace because it is so easily damaged.
- rice terraces
- agricultural terraces
- irrigated terraces
We would have plazas, corridors, we would have Inca terraces, accurate system, drainage system.
- We would have plazas, corridors, we would have Inca terraces, accurate system, drainage system.
- Hi guys and welcome back to the channel here in the beautiful Ubud Bali at the Tellalang Rice Terraces, Tengalang Rice terraces.
Examples
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The place was north-central Texas, on a high, windy terrace overlooking the muddy Colorado River in 1961.
Academic text (1996) -
On a hillside rising from the terrace, I saw upright slabs of stone.
Academic text (2012) -
What I then said was, OK, this terrace here that we're not using is becoming a room.
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Each step is a terrace rising from the sea.
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Can they make that route in an hour? - They have to climb to the middle terrace.
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After you went away, the ground around the grave... was levelled out into a sort of terrace.
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"The road climbed, then leveled off in a flatter space, a terrace set against the hill.
Fiction book (1995) -
This was found in a loess deposit in a terrace about 30 meters from the Shannon River.
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Its spacious and airy apartments have terraces with either partial or full river views.
Fiction book (1991) -
Rice is grown in many different terraces leading up the sides of the mountain.
Synonyms
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3.7
A flat ledge of rock that juts out from a mountain or the sea floor
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7.2
A flat area on a hillside or slope where people can rest
A strip of flat or gently sloping land on a hillside used for farming
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Etymology
Terrace comes from the Latin word terra meaning 'earth' or 'land', the same root as terrain. A farming terrace is like a flat 'earth' step cut into a hill, which is why a terrace is a level area on a slope for planting.