Entrance vs Terrace - What's the difference?
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(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=
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, chapter=1 (uncountable) The right to go in.
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
* Shakespeare
* Halliwell
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
To delight and fill with wonder.
* 1996 —
To put into a trance.
A platform that extends outwards from a building.
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A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
(in the plural, chiefly, British) The standing area at a football ground.
(chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.
To provide something with a terrace.
To form something into a terrace.
As a noun entrance
is (countable) the action of entering, or going in.As a verb entrance
is to delight and fill with wonder.As a proper noun terrace is
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Alternative forms
* entraunceEtymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
- Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
- the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
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- Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
- You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
- to give entrance to friends
- a difficult entrance into business
- Beware of entrance to a quarrel.
- St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
- His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
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Synonyms
* ingangAntonyms
* (l)Etymology 2
FromVerb
(entranc)- The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
- See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance ...
terrace
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(en noun)- 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.