Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as terrace.

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  • verb provide (a house) with a terrace

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Examples

  • When I first visited him I'd hardly set foot in Paris and was whisked off to a dejeuner en terrasse, glass of rose obligatoire!

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  • I remember your "Lettres de ma terrasse", your description of "le tablier" worn by French women two or three generations ago ... and your crafty ways to transform some "tiges de lavande & rubans" into charming "fusettes de lavande".

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  • C'est une terrasse de maison de village qui n'a rien d'une terrasse classique donnant sur un jardin.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Ma terrasse d'à peine 10 mètres carrés s'ouvre sur un paysage qui m'enchante.

    Lettres de ma Terrasse 2009

  • My little “terrasse,” hardly 10 meters square, opens onto a landscape I find enchanting.

    en-tête - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • C'est une terrasse de maison de village qui n'a rien d'une terrasse classique donnant sur un jardin.

    Lettres de ma Terrasse 2009

  • Ma terrasse d'à peine 10 mètres carrés s'ouvre sur un paysage qui m'enchante.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Plus modestement, bien sûr, je voudrais faire partager ce que j'observe depuis ma petite terrasse.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • Without pretending to be a modern Daudet, however, I simply wish to share what I observe from my little “terrasse,” the modest balcony of my village home.

    en-tête - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Plus modestement, bien sûr, je voudrais faire partager ce que j'observe depuis ma petite terrasse.

    Lettres de ma Terrasse 2009

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